Patience's PTSD Bookstore, Free Stuff


		Everything listed below is available for free inspection or downloading and printing. Some files are only available in PDF format which requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please feel free to copy and distribute these copyrighted materials as long as you distribute them for free with all copyright notices intact. Some of the text versions still say you can subscribe to the Gazette. This is no longer true, so if you would please cross that out, I would appreciate it. -Patience

	• Recovering from the War, by Patience Mason, Chapter One (and table of contents) PDF file • Suggested Format for a Twelve Step Group for Veterans, Families, and Friends, 31 pages PDF file • Suggested Format for a Twelve Step Group for Trauma Survivors, Families, and Friends, 31 pages PDF file • Have You Seen Someone Blown Away? Pamphlet for teens who've been traumatized by violence. 1 page text. • Issue #1 of the Post-Traumatic Gazette, plain text or PDF format, or write to request one be mailed to you. "What are Post-Traumatic Stress Reactions?" and "How to Begin to Recover" are the main topics. I want this issue to be in the hands of every trauma survivor, family member, friend and therapist. PTSD symptoms are presented as a set of appropriate and effective survivor skills at the time of the trauma, which can become your greatest problems after the trauma is over. The process of recovery is discussed and actions are suggested. • Issue #2 of the Post-Traumatic Gazette, plain text or PDF format. "How Does PTSD Affect Families?' and "How Families Can Recover" are the main topics. • Issue #3 of the Post-Traumatic Gazette, plain text or PDF format. "PTSD and the 12 Steps". • Issue #4 of the Post-Traumatic Gazette, plain text or PDF format. "False Memory Syndrome vs. Lying Perpetrator Syndrome" • PTSD and Holidays, plain text or PDF format • On Killing, by David Grossman, plain text or PDF format • PTSD and Parenting, interview with Wallace Allen, plain text • Boundaries, by Patience Mason, plain text or PDF format • First Aid for Trauma Survivors, by Patience Mason, PDF Mailable order form