The Love Trauma Syndrome: Free Yourself From The Pain Of A Broken Heart

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
• Published by: Da Capo Press October 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0738206229
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0738206226
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
A guide to healing the emotional scars that result from a break in a close relationship

About The Author
Richard B. Rosse, M.D. is a psychiatrist with over 100 publications in the psychiatric literature, including the American Journal of Psychiatry, The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, and the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry and is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown and also Chief of Ambulatory Psychiatric Services at the department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Reader Reviews
Dr. Rosse has finally brought forth the most realistic description of what it is like to be betrayed by the one you loved most. He compares the pain and resulting mental and emotional anquish with post-traumatic stress, which is exactly how a broken heart through the discovery of infidelity, abandonment, and the resulting fear and grief manifests. Dr. Rosse gives you the information, validation, and path back to inner peace, so you can work through the trauma with calm and clarity. This is the first book I recommend to anyone who is feeling like they have had their heart ripped out and can barely get through each day without falling apart, or feeling like they are going insane. Kudos to Dr. Rosse. I hope other therapists out there will begin to realized that the pain of a broken heart over a break-up or discovery of an affair is not always something that can be healed with a course in self esteem, healthy food, and exercise - or TIME. With the high rate of marital infidelity and the desensitization that people have developed toward affairs due to the glamorazation of cheating by the media, those who are truly suffering and are at risk for falling into major depression or worse. Every Mental Health professional should read this book to recognize when their client or patient is trapped in this syndrome. LTS is not a trivial condition, as it can be associated with intense emotional distress and social and occupational impairment. The importance of LTS is minimized by both practiced mental health clinicians and the lay public. LTS can be complicated by other psychiatric disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and substance or alcohol abuse. The long duration of some cases of Love Trauma Syndrome demonstrates that sometimes, without treatment, time does not heal all wounds.