Complementary and Alternative Medicine for PTSD

"Wynn and Benedek's book on Complementary and Alternative Medicine for PTSD represents a landmark in trauma publishing. Never has there been such a thorough presentation of the use of CAM treatment of PTSD. Clinicians who oversell the effectiveness of the CAM techniques will be embarrassed by the clear lack of evidence for many CAM approaches, while those who seek to provide the best care possible to their patients will be encouraged to continue the necessary research required to change clinical practice. Wynn and Benedek's book on CAM for PTSD provides a much needed ballast towards ensuring clinicians provide the best care currently available for survivors of trauma, including sexual assault and combat-related PTSD. They are to be commended." --Carl A. Castro, PhD; Director and Assistant Professor; Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired); Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR); USC School of Social Work; University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA "Recognizing the increasing need for more consolidated information on Complimentary Alternative Medicine for the treatment of PTSD, Doctors Benedek and Wynn have contributed a ground-breaking and invaluable textbook for scholars and practitioners alike. The depth and comprehensiveness of this must-have desk reference is noteworthy, and the openness to additional research where robust evidence is currently lacking is a breath of fresh air. This book should go a long way toward contributing to better understanding of alternative modalities for addressing PTSD, and to helping mitigate PTSD related crisis among our military service men and women and their families." --Keith G. Tidball, PhD; Senior Extension Associate; Department of Natural Resources; Cornell University; Ithaca, NY "Kudos to Gary Wynn and David Benedek for their groundbreaking book on the use of integrative, complementary, and alternative approaches for PTSD. Inspired by the needs, strengths, and suffering of patients following traumatic experiences, the authors and contributors of this work make a clear and compelling case for healing professionals to embrace a more comprehensive approach to the management of PTSD. Thus one must also credit America's sons and daughters in uniform and their families for their collective service and sacrifice, which no doubt catalyzed the conception of this timely work and enriched its content. This book and the decades of courageous service and selfless sacrifice it represents is a most welcome development for patients, family members, clinicians, CAM practitioners, advocates, and compassionate human beings - in short, all of us." --Loree Sutton, MD; Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.); Commissioner; NYC Department of Veterans' Services; New York, NY