Better off dead : post-traumatic stress disorder and the Canadian Armed Forces / Fred Doucette.
Better off dead : post-traumatic stress disorder and the Canadian Armed Forces / Fred Doucette.
By
:
Doucette, Fred.
Publication Date
:
2015
Publication Information
:
Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus,
Physical Description
:
xxi, 177 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill.
Subject Term
:
War neuroses.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychic trauma.
Veterans -- Canada.
Mental health -- Canada.
Mental health services -- Canada.
Medicine, Military -- Canada.
Geographic Term
:
Canada -- Armed Forces -- Medical care.
Summary
:
Fred Doucette always wanted to be a soldier. In the 1960s he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and served in Cyprus in the 1970s and ’80s and Bosnia in the 1990s. When he returned home to New Brunswick in 1999 after his last overseas tour, he was diagnosed with severe chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. Eventually released from the army, Fred found a position with the Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS) program, where he supported serving soldiers and veterans for ten years. Better Off Dead chronicles Fred's efforts in helping to rehabilitate and support soldiers and veterans suffering from what the military terms "operational stress injuries."
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781771083546
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 616.8521 D74 | Checked In |