Marycatherine McDonald | PTSD sku-990625537 Hardcover

Marycatherine McDonald's hardcover Merleau-Ponty and a Phenomenology of PTSD: Hidden Ghosts of Traumatic Memory is listed under All Manuals & Guides as sku-990625537. The book examines combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder through Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological approach to first-person experience.

It argues that PTSD remains prevalent and often difficult to treat despite being studied since at least the late 1800s. Through embodiment and adaptation, it presents traumatic responses as ways of surviving. It also examines how trauma can disrupt a person's worldview and sense of meaning alongside the effects of a traumatic event.

The book draws on psychology and neuroscience research in its discussion of how trauma is understood and treated.