Heavy Laden - Union Veterans, Psychological Illness, and Suicide

Informationen zum Autor Larry M. Logue is a Senior Fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, New York. He received a Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. His books include To Appomattox and Beyond: The Civil War Soldier in War and Peace (1995) and Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: Veterans and Benefits in Post-Civil War America (Cambridge, 2010), co-authored with Peter Blanck. Peter Blanck is University Professor at Syracuse University, New York and chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute. Blanck received a Juris Doctorate from Stanford University, California, where he was President of the Stanford Law Review, and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University, Massachusetts. His recent books include Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights (2016), co-edited with Eilionoir Flynn, and e-Quality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities (Cambridge, 2016). Klappentext Drawing on archival materials, the authors highlight the diversity and severity of psychological distress among white and African-American veterans of the Union army. Their findings concerning the recognition of veterans' post-traumatic stress disorders, treatment programs, and suicide rates will inform current studies on how to effectively cope with this enduring disability in former soldiers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. What is a Union veteran?; 2. Changed men; 3. When war came; 4. Perilous years; 5. Aftershocks; 6. Trials of black veterans; 7. Heavy laden; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Peter Blanck, Peter (Syracuse University Blanck, Blanck Peter, Larry M Logue, Larry M. Logue, Larry M. (Syracuse University Logue
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781107589957
• ISBN: 978-1-107-58995-7
• No. of pages: 283
• Series: Cambridge Disability Law and P; Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, LAW / Legal History, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, HISTORY / Military / Veterans, Warfare & defence, Care of the mentally ill, Legal History, Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, Care of people with mental health issues, Military veterans, Society and Social Sciences