In vietnam wives facing the challenges of life with veterans suffering post traumatic stress aphrodite matsakis revisits the plight of the secondary victims of the war the wives and children of veterans with post traumatic stress disorder the book explores the many changes encountered by traumatized veterans and their families as they face the difficult developmental stage of mid life . Vietnam wives facing the challenges of life with veterans suffering post traumatic stress 2895 living with a veteran who suffers the effects of post vietnam stress is like running blindfolded with weights on nothing is easy the smallest tasks become monumental. As the children of vietnam veterans reach the age at which their fathers went overseas veterans and their families especially their wives face new stressors in mid life even twenty five years after the end of the war in many families life is still neither easy nor reliable and the rules continue to change. Vietnam wives facing the challenges of life with veterans suffering post traumatic stress by aphrodite matsakis 1996 05 02 aphrodite matsakis books amazonca. Buy the paperback book vietnam wives facing the challenges of life with veterans suffering post traumatic stress by aphrodite matsakis at indigoca canadas largest bookstore free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders