Issues Press tackles the difficult issues of modern society. We provide accurate reporting of the issues and solutions that lead to greater health and well-being throughout the world. No society is perfect and by looking at ours with honesty we can improve our lives and our communities.
Faces of Recovery reports on how millions of American soldiers have faced the ultimate dilemma: kill the enemy or risk being killed yourself. Each choice adds to the trauma — prolonged combat increases emotional and physical injury. This book also describes a newly discovered problem, moral injury. The book shows how healing requires forgiveness, atonement, self-forgiveness, and physical exercise.
Video Games & Your Kids is for parents who are worried that their children may be spending too much time playing video games. Based on research and the authors’ clinical experience, the book explains what gaming addiction is, how much gaming is too much, and the effects gaming has on the body and brain.
Soldiers tell their heartbreaking stories, what happened to them in battle and what happened when they came home. They explain their uncontrollable rage, alcoholism, nightmares, flashbacks, divorce, joblessness, and homelessness. They talk about the battlefield reactions to civilian provocations that are landing too many of them in jail.
Lies In Silence advocates for improved diagnosis and treatment for bipolar and co-occurring disorders by describing the devastating toll the disorders took on three generations of the author’s family. An insightful and compelling look that gives the reader an understanding of the depth of pain and suffering experienced by people who have these genetically transmitted diseases.
Eric Newhouse’s diary tells what happens after winning a Pulitzer Prize: the honors, the travels, and the opportunities. And the other side of the coin: lost time and a desperate struggle to continue reporting what is important to him: amplifying the voices of those who normally go unheard, so that policy-makers and citizens know the human consequences of official actions. Uplifting. Caring.