Moving On After Trauma; A Guide for Survivors, Family and Friends: Meet the folks

Characters in the book

Can you relate to one or more of these twenty people helped in the book

Abigail:
6 year old girl with post-traumatic stress disorder following the shock of a car accident.

Amanda:
14 year old girl suffering from body dysmorphic disorder after a facial scar caused in a car accident.

Angela:
depression and post-traumatic stress disorder following physical and sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence.

Anthony:
3 year old boy with traumatic stress reaction.

Bob:
prolonged duress stress disorder after bullying by managers at work.

Cecilia:
PTSD and obsessive compulsive disorder after road traffic accident.

Emma:
possible PTSD after tripping while pregnant after getting out of taxi and later panic disorder with moderate agoraphobic avoidance.

Ian:
shot at work, pain a major problem as well as PTSD.

Jack:
already existing mild learning difficulties and anxiety disorder not otherwise specified after a pedestrian road traffic accident.

John:
PTSD and depression as a result of a gas explosion at work which injured him and killed a friend.

Joan:
panic disorder and severe agoraphobic avoidance after being mugged.

Karen:
PTSD and social phobia following rape and dysthymic disorder following childhood sexual abuse.

Kevin:
PTSD and trauma-related guilt after being assaulted at night.

Maureen:
phobia about getting on a bus and generalised anxiety disorder after a fall on a bus.

Patrick:
depression after falling off a roof.

Pedro:
physically abused from age 8 to 11, PTSD and associated symptoms of PTSD and depression.

Peter:
trauma-related guilt, PTSD, depression after trying to help a man who fell from scaffolding.

Sam:
probable PTSD following road traffic accident and drink problem.

Sandra:
mild brain injury following a climbing accident.

Tessa:
body dysmorphic disorder, mild brain injury, pain and depression since riding accident.