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A must for PTSD survivors and those who work with them, December 30, 2004
Reviewer: David H. Johnson "human being" (Hattiesburg, MS) - See all my reviews
Raymond Mansour Scurfield takes the reader through an account of pyschiatric casualties of the Vietnam war that is unlike any other book on the era that I've ever read. This is not simply a tale of the horrors of the war...though they are illustrated throughout...but is a first-hand view from one who worked in-country with psychiatric cases and who has continued that work for nearly 40 years with veterans of the war. His experience is invaluable and is presented in a style that is engaging and understandable.
What makes the book indispensable is the door it opens into the mind of the trauma survivor. This is not a book that is theoretical in nature, though its foundations are clearly theoretically sound. Rather, it is an eyewitness journey with practical insight from one who is not only a keen observer of his surroundings, but a renowned clinician with an extraordinary mind.
If you are a survivor, if you live with or know a survivor, or if you work with PTSD survivors, this is a must read. Don't wait to order it. Get it now and read it NOW!

A letter from a reader

From: xxxxxxxxxxx [deleted for confidentiality purposes]

Hi!

I just finished reading your book, A Vietnam Trilogy.I read it all in less than two days. I could not put the book down once I started reading it.

My husband is a Vietnam veteran having served in Vietnam from Nov. 17, 1965 to Nov. 17, 1966. You wouldn't believe this, but my husband has a piece of shrapnel in his penis and for this injury he receives 10% disability or $106 a month. Isn't that ridiculous? He was injured in 1966. almost 40 years ago and that shrapnel is still lodged in his body!

We had been married for 24 years when our marriage was dissolved. Seven years later we remarried. In reading your book, it seemed as if a light bulb went on. I can now better understand the issues in our marriage and our relationship. I keep telling my children that 'ignorance is bliss." If I only knew what my husband went through in Vietnam, it would have saved all of us much heartache and pain for so many years.

Nevertheless, quite by accident, we discovered the Vet Center in McAllen, Texas about a year ago. Just within the last two months, my husband has actively seeked counseling. Thank you God!

We want to know where to order some of your books, most especially the one "War related trauma-An Integrative experiential, cognitive and spiritual approach.

Thank you! Thank you! for all of your work in this area.


Name & telephone #: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (deleted for confidentiality purposes)

God bless you and your family!