Haunted by combat understanding ptsd in war veterans paperback 2010 author daryl s paulson stanley krippner on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers haunted by combat understanding ptsd in war veterans paperback 2010 author daryl s paulson stanley krippner. Haunted by combat introduces the reader to an in depth examination of posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd as seen through combat experiences paulson and krippner present ptsd in a historical and developmental context the implications of warfare and other accounts upon combatants and civilians and the need for consideration of cultural and . In the growing literature of combat related ptsd this slim volume by authors paulson and krippner is directed chiefly to practitioners but is also accessible for lay readers the book is loosely organized to cover a review of the scholarly and scientific literature on the subject while interjecting examples of ptsd from veterans of wars and . The history of our species is a history of war and the history of war is a history of deep human trauma and suffering in this clinically important and highly approachable text paulson and krippner help us understand the psychological and spiritual basis for the post traumatic stress disorder experienced by todays combat veterans. Across history the condition has been called soldiers heart shell shock or combat fatigue it is now increasingly common as our service men and women return from iraq afghanistan and other ongoing combat zones since 1990 veterans centers here have treated more than 16 million affected men and women including an estimated 100000 from the gulf war and an untallied total from the iraq