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Summary: A Powerful and Useful Tool
Review: Allen Kates has put together a magnificent work on the dangers of subsequent shock from traumatic incidents. My own experience in use of deadly force and how stress can affect an officer give me the background to appreciate what a great tool this book is for instruction and preparation for the day we all hope does not arrive. My many years as a sergeant on the Oakland, CA Police Department included face to face encounters with armed suspects as well as fatal shootings. If you go into harm's way you should read this book.Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D., author of Managing Police Stress. docwifford@msn.com
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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: As an active female law enforcement officer of 10+ yrs, this is a must-have book that should be used by any proactive officer/agency and should be a mandatory course in our continued training and education. Having survived a car accident where the driver, my partner and a police officer, died next to me, and having my newly ex-husband, a State Patrol Sgt. succumb to drugs and alcohol, and then shot to death weeks later by the agency I now work for (suicide by cop); having survived and won the largest sexual harassment/retaliation suit against my agency after 6 days in Fed. Court, and having won a child-custody battle (due to my residential work-assignment location)- and after 5 days in District Court (all events concurrent with my tenure as a State Trooper), I am a diagnosed survivor! This is a must-have book for those of us who are survivors, and for those of us who want to help others problem-solve and survive!!
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Summary: Stunning book
Review: CopShock is a stunning book. Although it is focused on police officers, it helps anybody suffering from PTSD symptoms to cope--crime victims, victims of disasters, cancer, loss of a loved one, and all other emergency people like firefighters, emergency room nurses, doctors, and so on.
The book is filled with excellent firsthand accounts, is based on hundreds of interviews of cops with PTSD, and is easy to read. The second chapter in particular clearly lays out the symptoms of PTSD as does the Appendix. The last chapter tells you what do do about trauma and PTSD, how to cope, manage the symptoms or to prevent PTSD. And the 6 years of research is amazing. This author did his homework. Many police officers complain that they have few or no resources to help them with their PTSD symptoms, making the hundreds of resources the author provides invaluable. This is the best book I've read on the subject.
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Summary: Copshock is real!
Review: Copshock is the real deal. I am a disabled police officer with post traumatic stress disorder and I easily identified with the information in Allen's book. I found myself sitting in the living room floor with a highlighter making notes as I read. It was like looking in a mirror. Excellent source listing for police and emergency service workers in need of help for everything from PTSD to alcohol dependency and drug addiction. A super job.
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Summary: very well written and informative
Review: I am a retired police officer. I can relate to many of the stories and incidents in this book. I have PTSD. I didn't know what it was called until just before I bought the book "CopShock". It is must reading for all police officers. I only wish I would have had this book years ago. It is hard to put down once you start reading it.
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Summary: One of the most helpful books for police officers!
Review: I have been working with police officers and their families for over 20 years and have debriefed over 800 officers who have been involved in critical incidents. COPSHOCK is perhaps one of the most comprehensive and helpful books for police officers. I like the way Mr. Kates breaks down the stressors and topics. For example, there is one chapter just on "flashbacks." The book is written in such a way that officers can immediately identify items that have personal meaning for them. However, what impressed me most as a clinician was that Mr. Kates opined that police officers do not fit the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. Many clinical people have not caught on to this reality. (That's why in 1996, I authored the term, "Police Trauma Syndrome," to describe the unique reactions that police officers have to traumatic exposure.) I also like the helpful guides for officers who do not have the benefit of mental health professionals who are familiar with the unique stressors and concerns of officers. Mr. Kates has provided a much needed service for those who protect and serve.
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Summary: i knew allen kates before his book
Review: i know allen kates via email, and before his book was published he was helping me through some ptsd, and being a friend. he knows what he is talking about, when his book copshock came out, i was having troubles finding the right counseling that i needed for ptsd, his book is more then reading the stories about ptsd, its a bible and information center focused totally on the person that has ptsd and helping someone to understand the condition, and find help in recovery with that condition.
i suffered for years, and read and learned of ptsd, but allen's book is the first to be a source to places, agencies, and treatments for this condition, which is listed in the back of his book. i have not only read, but utilized this book to the fullest in guiding me back to a place that i can live life, after trauma.
allen kates, and his book is a blessing along with my guide to better living with ptsd. thank you dee gonzales
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Summary: i knew allen kates before his book
Review: i know allen kates via email, and before his book was published he was helping me through some ptsd, and being a friend. he knows what he is talking about, when his book copshock came out, i was having troubles finding the right counseling that i needed for ptsd, his book is more then reading the stories about ptsd, its a bible and information center focused totally on the person that has ptsd and helping someone to understand the condition, and find help in recovery with that condition.
i suffered for years, and read and learned of ptsd, but allen's book is the first to be a source to places, agencies, and treatments for this condition, which is listed in the back of his book. i have not only read, but utilized this book to the fullest in guiding me back to a place that i can live life, after trauma.
allen kates, and his book is a blessing along with my guide to better living with ptsd. thank you dee gonzales
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Summary: A Must Read for Police & Firefighters of 9/11
Review: I was police officer working in lower Manhattan that day, I saw the second plane hit only minutes after hearing my brother-in-law was ok in that very same tower!!... I lost my brother-in-law, his best friend as well as two police officer buddys. About three months later I realized something wasn't quite right with me, mentally and emotionally, and reached out for help through my union. I saw many mental health professionals, etc., and kept seeing this "Copshock" book on their desks. I got the book and read it, cover-to-cover. It is well written in easy to understand language and also has an extensive resource section. In short, if you are suffering PTSD this book will help you to understand that what you are feeling is a normal response to a set of extraordinary circumstances. It can strike anyone, I don't care how tough you think you are. I highly recommend this book to all police officer, firefighters, etc., if for no other reason then to be able to recognize the signs of PTSD in yourself.
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Summary: My PTSD Testimonial
Review: I've known Allen for close to two years now via email and also a big supporter of him on my law enforcement website. His book ("CopShock") has helped me recognize PTSD and to resolve my personal issues with PTSD. This book is truely "Second-To-None" and I recommend it for ALL to read.
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