Psychological trauma can put a stranglehold on your life. Childhood abuse, car accidents, sudden death of a loved one, the list goes on and on. You try and put things in the past and forget about them, but it can be hard to move on. Your friends and family may tell you to “get overit,” “move on,” and “just snap out of it.” You try, but it’s not that easy. The more they tell you things like that, the worse you feel, because now you are a failure, in addition to everything else. But there is a better way. We have developed a program that will let you take charge of your recovery from psychological trauma. START-NOW is an easy acronym that spells out eight point plan to recovery. It lets you be in charge, and it won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Taking charge of your own recovery from psychological trauma is a powerful tool. This seminar will cover the points in the recovery program outlined by psychiatrist and stress researcher J. Douglas Bremner, MD, in his new book You Can’t Just Snap Out of It: The Real Path to Recovery From Psychological Trauma. We will cover a number of ways you can get on the road to self recovery from psychological trauma, like stress reduction techniques, meditation, mindfulness training, and anxiety reduction strategies, as well as changes in lifestyle that can improve your mood and how you feel about yourself. We also offer tips to partners and families to help them understand what you are going through. The START-NOW program has easy to remember point to help you on the path to recovery, teaching principles like seeking safety, talking about trauma, learning altruism, and many others. “Dr Bremner has written a must-have how-to guide to recovery from psychological trauma that is clear and easy to follow. This long awaited book from the eminent expert and researcher on traumatic stress is an excellent resource for self recovery for trauma survivors.” --Robert Lemelson, PhD, adjunct professor of Anthropology at UCLA, and documentary filmmaker. “Dr. Bremner and Lai Reed have distilled their extensive, scholarly knowledge of trauma, its effects, and its treatment into a practical, usable, reader-friendly format. You Can't Snap Out of It should prove very helpful for survivors of all types of trauma, including combat. The book provides many strategies and exercises for coping trauma and for recovering from it.” Colin A. Ross, M.D., author Trauma Model Therapy

You Can't Just Snap Out Of It: The Real Path to Recovery From Psychological Trauma: Introducing the START NOW Program

Self-Help

Bremner, J. Douglas

Reed, Lai

Death & Grief

Laughing Cow Books

Psychological trauma can put a stranglehold on your life. Childhood abuse, car accidents, the sudden death of a loved one, the list goes on and on. You try and put things in the past and forget about them, but it can be hard to move on. Your friends and family tell you to "get over it," "move on," and "just snap out of it." You try, but it's not that easy. The more they tell you things like that, the worse you feel, because now you are a failure, in addition to everything else. But there is a better way. YOU CAN'T JUST SNAP OUT OF IT will teach you how to take charge of your recovery from psychological trauma. It gives you tools to put you on the road to recovery, like stress reduction techniques, meditation, mindfulness training, and anxiety reduction strategies, as well as changes in lifestyle that can improve your mood and how you feel about yourself. We also offer tips to partners and families to help them understand what you are going through, because loved ones may hold the key to your recovery. The book introduces the START-NOW Program, which we have developed. It incorporates an easy-to-remember acronym that spells out an eight-point plan to recovery, teaching principles like seeking safety, talking about trauma, learning altruism, and many others. This book lets YOU be in charge of your recovery, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg. Taking charge of your own recovery from psychological trauma is a powerful tool. So what are you waiting for? START-NOW!

You Can't Just Snap Out Of It: The Real Path to Recovery From Psychological Trauma

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: From Neurobiology to Treatment presents a comprehensive look at this key neuropsychiatric disorder. The text examines the neurobiological basis of post-traumatic stress and how our understanding of the basic elements of the disease have informed and been translated into new and existing treatment options. The book begins with a section on animal models in posttraumatic stress disorder research, which has served as the basis of much of our neurobiological information. Chapters then delve into applications of the clinical neuroscience of posttraumatic stress disorder. The final part of the books explores treatments and how our basic and clinical research is now being converted into treatment. Taking a unique basic science to translational intervention approach, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: From Neurobiology to Treatment is an invaluable resource for researchers, students and clinicians dealing with this complex disorder.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: From Neurobiology to Treatment

Wiley/Blackwell

Assuming little or no prior knowledge of the subject, Infancy presents a complete picture of our current understanding of the development of infants, their knowledge and understanding of the world from birth or before to their second birthday.

Infancy

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

A medical expert reveals risks of the most commonly prescribed drugs-and why the drug industry doesn't want consumers to know about them. Recent scandals involving diabetes drugs, Vioxx, and many other medications reveal the serious and undisclosed risks of some of the most commonly used prescription drugs in this country. In Before You Take That Pill, Dr. J. Douglas Bremner, a researcher and clinician at Emory University whose study on Accutane and depression made headlines, offers an inside look at the pharmaceutical industry, as well as a scientifically backed assessment of the risks of more than three hundred prescribed medications, vitamins, and supplements. While many drugs are essential to the health of consumers, as Dr. Bremner explains, for many people, the benefits may not outweigh the potential side effects. This book contains warnings that are not on the drug labels. It also exposes tricks of the trade that demonstrate how the profit-making interests of "big pharma" may not always be in line with the safety of the public - from the corruption that exists in the drug approval process to the tactics drug companies use to encourage doctors to prescribe their products. Most important, Before You Take That Pill empowers readers by giving them sound information on specific medications so they can understand and weigh the potential risk themselves. Backed by the latest studies, as well as insight from a doctor who is in the trenches, this book should be on the shelf of every drug consumer.

Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Penguin Publishing Group