TY - BOOK AU - Morris,David J. TI - The evil hours: a biography of post-traumatic stress disorder SN - 9780544086616 AV - RC552.P67 M68 2015 U1 - 616.85/21 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Morris, David J., KW - Post-traumatic stress disorder KW - United States KW - Patients KW - Biography KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) KW - bisacsh KW - MEDICAL / Mental Health KW - PSYCHOLOGY / General N1 - "An Eamon Dolan book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and index N2 - "In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD. Just as polio loomed over the 1950s, and AIDS stalked the 1980s and '90s, posttraumatic stress disorder haunts us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Over a decade into the United States' "global war on terror," PTSD afflicts as many as 30 percent of the conflict's veterans. But the disorder's reach extends far beyond the armed forces. In total, some twenty-seven million Americans are believed to be PTSD survivors. Yet to many of us, the disorder remains shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and shame.Now, David J. Morris -- a war correspondent, former Marine, and PTSD sufferer himself -- has written the essential account of this illness. Through interviews with individuals living with PTSD, forays into the scientific, literary, and cultural history of the illness, and memoir, Morris crafts a moving work that will speak not only to those with the condition and to their loved ones, but also to all of us struggling to make sense of an anxious and uncertain time"-- ER -