I was given a copy of this book by Harper Collins in exchange for an honest review.
Today's post is on The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science by Shaili Jain, M.D. It is 400 pages long including notes. The cover is white with the title in black and red. The intended reader is someone who is interesting in PTSD and what is being done to help the people suffering from it. There is no foul language, no sex, and no violence in this book. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- From a physician and post-traumatic stress disorder specialist comes a nuanced cartography of PTSD, a widely misunderstood yet crushing condition that afflicts millions of Americans.
The Unspeakable Mind is the definitive guide for a trauma-burdened age. With profound empathy and meticulous research, Shaili Jain, M.D.—a practicing psychiatrist and PTSD specialist at one of America’s top VA hospitals, trauma scientist at the National Center for PTSD, and a Stanford Professor—shines a long-overdue light on the PTSD epidemic affecting today’s fractured world.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder goes far beyond the horrors of war and is an inescapable part of all our lives. At any given moment, more than six million Americans are suffering with PTSD. Dr. Jain’s groundbreaking work demonstrates the ways this disorder cuts to the heart of life, interfering with one’s capacity to love, create, and work—incapacity brought on by a complex interplay between biology, genetics, and environment. Beyond the struggles of individuals, PTSD has a tangible imprint on our cultures and societies around the world.
Since 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been a huge growth in the science of PTSD, a body of evidence that continues to grow exponentially. With this new knowledge have come dramatic advances in the effective treatment of this condition. Jain draws on a decade of her own clinical innovation and research and argues for a paradigm shift in how PTSD should be approached in the new millennium. She highlights the myriads of ways PTSD care is being transformed to make it more accessible, acceptable, and available to sufferers via integrated care models, use of peer support programs, and technology. By identifying those among us who are most vulnerable to developing PTSD, cutting edge medical interventions that hold the promise of preventing the onset of PTSD are becoming more of a reality than ever before.
Combining vividly recounted patient stories, interviews with some of the world’s top trauma scientists, and her professional expertise from working on the frontlines of PTSD, The Unspeakable Mind offers a textured portrait of this invisible illness that is unrivaled in scope and lays bare PTSD's roots, inner workings, and paths to healing. This book is essential reading for understanding how humans can recover from unspeakable trauma. The Unspeakable Mind stands as the definitive guide to PTSD and offers lasting hope to sufferers, their loved ones, and health care providers everywhere.
Review- An interesting and engrossing book about PTSD and how it is being treated in the modern day. Jain starts the book with her father's story of survival and how his PTSD has affected her life and choices. She covers all kinds of PTSD from all kinds of traumas from car accidents to war stories. Jain discusses the ways that PTSD has been treated in the past and what is the current treatment opinions are. It is a well written book that is easy to get into and understand without feeling talked down to. I was engaged with this book from beginning to end and I feel that I have learned more about not just PTSD but the culture that we live that contributes to creating more people with this mental illness. Jain brings the reader to real people suffering from this illness and helps give it a face and voice, like our own. If you are curious about PTSD or just learn more about current treatment opinions, then give this book a try.
I give this book a Five out of Five stars.
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