The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Jan 2015 · Sold by HMH
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“An essential book” on PTSD, an all-too-common condition in both military veterans and civilians (The New York Times Book Review).
Post-traumatic stress disorder afflicts as many as 30 percent of those who have experienced twenty-first-century combat—but it is not confined to soldiers. Countless ordinary Americans also suffer from PTSD, following incidences of abuse, crime, natural disasters, accidents, or other trauma—yet in many cases their symptoms are still shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and shame.
This “compulsively readable” study takes an in-depth look at the subject (Los Angeles Times). Written by a war correspondent and former Marine with firsthand experience of this disorder, and drawing on interviews with individuals living with PTSD, it forays into the scientific, literary, and cultural history of the illness. Using a rich blend of reporting and memoir, The Evil Hours is 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.
Post-traumatic stress disorder afflicts as many as 30 percent of those who have experienced twenty-first-century combat—but it is not confined to soldiers. Countless ordinary Americans also suffer from PTSD, following incidences of abuse, crime, natural disasters, accidents, or other trauma—yet in many cases their symptoms are still shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and shame.
This “compulsively readable” study takes an in-depth look at the subject (Los Angeles Times). Written by a war correspondent and former Marine with firsthand experience of this disorder, and drawing on interviews with individuals living with PTSD, it forays into the scientific, literary, and cultural history of the illness. Using a rich blend of reporting and memoir, The Evil Hours is 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.
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John-Christopher Wells
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May 31, 2015
David Morris' book, "The Evil Hours", is a vivid testament to Civil Society's lack of the Rites & Rituals as described by Jared Diamond's book, The World until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? The Alpine Paleolithic Hunters of both Animals & Men called upon the Spirit Warriors to restore to wholeness both the Prey and the Predators. This Morris obliquely refers to but rather focuses on the contemporary Clinical Biography of the PTSD diagnosis. Brilliantly written, well researched and referenced, The Evil Hours transports us into the Mind, Body and Spirit of our Modern Warriors with clarity and conviction. The depth and breadth of his scholarship is extraordinary. The poetics of his imagination are both soaring and searing. I feel as if I know him already; this is the power of Narrative.
John Cleary
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March 9, 2015
Perfect description of PTSD
About the author
David J. Morris is a former Marine infantry officer and war correspondent. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, Daily Beast, and Best American Nonrequired Reading. In 2008, he was awarded a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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