CopShock, Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

"CopShock offers solutions on how to prevent or manage PTSD symptoms… In true stories of police officers trying to cope with PTSD, [the author] portrays the repercussions of assaults, shootings, drug taking, alcohol abuse, combat, terrorism and suicide. He helps officers and their families understand PTSD's devastating effect on their lives… Recommended by more than 20 trauma experts…"

-- American Police Beat Magazine

"…presents amazing facts about PTSD and its effects on the law enforcement community. The reporting is impartial and objective without a lot of psychobabble. Quick and easy to read, (the book)…presents solid ideas and suggestions of how to cope or where to go for help. The book is a valuable resource and should be required reading at all of the academies."

-- The Eighteen Eleven, Professional Journal of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association

"Highly recommended by leaders in the field, this book should be in every chaplain’s library. It is a very readable, thorough study."

-- International Conference of Police Chaplains, Newsletter

"The story about Detective Anthony Senft and Detective Richie Pastorella, NYPD Bomb Squad, and Sergeant Joseph Kroon, NYPD, should be required reading for all police officers. At last, someone has written a scholarly work on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder that the cop in the street will identify with. Police chiefs and ranking officers should use this book as a guide for dealing with traumatized cops under their command. The PBA should use it as a training manual."

-- NY Cop Online Magazine

"This is an excellent book."

-- RealCops Radio

"Officers, trainers and administrators alike need to have an understanding that PTSD is not something to be relegated to a corner as a murky psychological concept, but is a very real, destructive condition that begs for help. The overwhelming value of CopShock is that it provides the tools necessary for those in the law enforcement community to recognize, and survive the effects of trauma. Whether you are a new recruit, a seasoned officer, a co-worker, a trainer, an administrator or friend and family member—this book is invaluable."

-- The Law Enforcement Trainer, official journal of the American Society for Law Enforcement Training (ASLET)

"About a third of law enforcement officers--men and women--suffer from the effects of unbearable trauma and develop PTSD... Police families, friends and fellow officers are usually at a loss about what to do. CopShock helps active duty and retired officers and their loved ones understand the effects of exposure to repeated violence and tragedy. Consisting of dramatic stories…this book will make a difference in people's lives. The book tells how to prepare for trauma and how to cope with it once it strikes. Describing over 200 support sources, it may well become the definitive volume for people exposed to trauma."

-- Law and Order Magazine

"CopShock is a book every cop needs to read, whether you've experienced symptoms of PTSD or not. For those of you who haven't, CopShock will teach you the kinds of things you need to stay alert for so you can immediately take action if symptoms start to surface… Whether you are a rookie or seasoned veteran, CopShock will prepare you for the inevitable and help you maintain control in times when control is sometimes taken away."

-- Calibre Press

“Fascinating…Every police administrator should read this, and the street officers, too.”

-- Montecito Journal, quoting Richard Breza, Chief of Police, Santa Barbara, CA

"…important contribution to the literature on police stress, and police PTSD… thorough… a novelist's way with words…Each account reads like a short story… amazing… an invaluable reference book for police stress therapists and counselors, as well as for those suffering from 'copshock'…Police and corrections officers and others who work in emergency services or had traumatic experiences in the military—and their families—will find this book exceedingly helpful."

-- Police Stressline

"Law enforcement officers are using it across the US and in other parts of the world… Police officers, corrections officers, nurses, doctors, firefighters, paramedics, combat veterans, therapists and even civilian trauma victims are reading the book in countries like Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, South Africa and China. The book is not just great for cops and other members of law enforcement but for family, friends and people who love the men and women who face the daily rigors of police work."

-- TopCops From Around The World webmagazine

"A tremendous book. A book I recommend that any police officer and anyone that is not involved in law enforcement read because it offers insight into the lives of law enforcement officers."

-- CopNet Radio Network

“Whatever the rewards of a career in law enforcement, …alcoholism, drug use, domestic abuse and suicide testify to the fact that many officers have become its victims. 'Nightmares, flashbacks, uncontrollable anger' are only three of the symptoms that destroy more cops 'than all the guns ever fired at police officers.'"

-- Arizona Daily Star book review

"The fruit of extensive research…jargon-free…filled with gripping stories and contains an impressive index of more than 200 support sources for officers and their families."

-- Publishers Weekly

"I finished the book in short order and was very much pleased with the content, especially the information regarding PTSD as far as signs and symptomology. This is definitely something that all cops and wannabes should be made to read, and it should be a required part of any law enforcement position. If this were a requirement of academy training and graduation, we'd have a lot fewer 'walking bombs' out there."

-- Gary Thompson, POLICE Magazine

"This is an amazing, fabulous book."

-- TobyTalk radio, Grand Forks, ND

"Violence, such as the shootings in Littleton, Colo., or the Oklahoma City bombing, has serious traumatic effects on survivors and the loved ones of victims. But heinous incidents such as these also have an impact on the law enforcement officers who witness the scenes. Tucson author Allen R. Kates wrote CopShock to help officers and their families cope with the trauma so prevalent in their jobs…"

-- Tucson Citizen

"I haven't been able to put the book down. It is great! The author has an excellent writing style."

-- Della Aragon, columnist

Excerpts from CopShock were published in two editions of Trauma Response a professional publication of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (AAETS).