Tribe : on homecoming and belonging
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443449588
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Physical Description:
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regular print
xvii, 168 pages ; 23 cm - Edition: First Canadian edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Subject: | Post-traumatic stress disorder Veterans -- Mental health Tribes Group identity |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Legislative Library, Vaughan Street | HM 554 Jun (Text) | 36970100022450 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- HARPERCOLL
Based on a Vanity Fair article from June 2015, Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the challenges veterans face returning to society. Using his background in anthropology, Sebastian Junger argues that the problem lies not with vets or with the trauma theyâve suffered, but with the society to which they are trying to return.
One of the most puzzling things about veterans who experience PTSD is that the majority never even saw combatand yet they feel deeply alienated and out of place back home. The reason may lie in our natural inclination, as a species, to live in groups of thirty to fifty people who are entirely reliant on one another for safety, comfort and a sense of meaning: in short, the life of a soldier.
It is one of the ironies of the modern age that as affluence rises in a society, so do rates of suicide, depression and of course PTSD. In a wealthy society people donât need to cooperate with one another, so they often lead much lonelier lives that lead to psychological distress. There is a way for modern society to reverse this trend, however, and studying how veterans react to coming home may provide a clue to how to do it. But it wonât be easy.