Free eBook on Dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Released By McGraw-Hill Trade

By Planet eBook Editor
September 27, 2001

In the wake of the terrible, unfathomable attacks on New York and Washington DC, McGraw-Hill has announced it will be offering free the newly released eBook Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery, and Growth by Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D. Dr. Schiraldi. The offer becomes availble Friday September 28 through several eBook stores, including Amazon.com, McGraw-Hill eBookstore, Palm Digital Media, Contentville.com and Adobe eBookstore and will include versions for Acrobat eBook Reader, Microsoft Reader and Palm Reader.

According to the company's recent announcement (below), the eBook "provides information on how to combat the effects of post-traumatic stress and discusses coping mechanisms, emotional triggers, and mental defenses. Schiraldi addresses how the healing process can begin and how fear can diminish through a variety of medicinal and nonmedicinal treatment methods."

Press Release

McGraw-Hill Trade Offers Free eBook on Coping with Post-Traumatic Stress

September 27, 2001

NEW YORK--The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have led to widespread anxiety, distress, and trauma throughout the country. As a result, McGraw-Hill Trade is offering to the public--free of charge--the newly released eBook for The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery, and Growth by Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D. Dr. Schiraldi has taught stress management at the Pentagon. The eBook will be available Friday, September 28.

To make this timely information available to the widest possible audience, McGraw-Hill is offering the eBook in a variety formats and venues. To date, it will be available from the following retailers:

Participating wholesalers who will carry the eBook include LightningSource, OverDrive ContentReserve, and Reciprocal.

The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook will be available in Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader, Microsoft Reader, and Peanut Press Reader for handheld devices. The eBook was instantly produced to meet consumer demands in a joint effort between McGraw-Hill, NetLibrary, OverDrive and Content Directions, Inc.

``It is our hope that by making this complimentary eBook available at this time, it will be a valuable resource for individuals, parents, teachers, therapists, managers--anyone who is looking for help from an authoritative source on how to understand, manage and treat post-traumatic stress,'' said Philip Ruppel, Vice President and Group Publisher of McGraw-Hill Trade.

The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, which is also available as a print book (February 2000; original paperback: $18.95; 446 pages) provides information on how to combat the effects of post-traumatic stress and discusses coping mechanisms, emotional triggers, and mental defenses. Schiraldi addresses how the healing process can begin and how fear can diminish through a variety of medicinal and nonmedicinal treatment methods. Topics addressed include:

  • Managing symptoms
  • Treatment approaches
  • Understanding anxiety
  • Healing imagery
  • Grieving losses
  • Life review
  • Meditation
  • Transitioning
  • Spiritual and religious growth
  • Resolving anger
  • Relapse prevention

Dr. Schiraldi, has served on the stress management faculties at the Pentagon and the University of Maryland, where he received the Outstanding Teacher Award in the College of Health and Human Performance and serves on the Board of Directors of the Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point and holds graduate degrees in Health Education from Brigham Young University and the University of Maryland.

About McGraw-Hill Trade

McGraw-Hill Trade is part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a global information services provider serving the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's and Business Week. Founded in 1888, the corporation has more than 400 offices in 32 countries. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.

Contact

The McGraw-Hill Companies, New York
Lydia Rinaldi, 212/904-5393
lydia_rinaldi@mcgraw-hill.com