The Love Trauma Syndrome [Hardcover]

R. B. Rosse (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 20, 1999

Love is one of the most exhilarating emotions we experience—unfortunately, it is also one of the most painful and sometimes traumatic. The unresolved emotional scars from a broken heart can manifest as a “love trauma syndrome.” Until now, a love trauma was thought to precipitate other common psychiatric conditions, such as depression or adjustment disorders, but these generic psychiatric ailments are not adequate for articulating the full and unique character of the condition following love trauma.The Love Trauma Syndrome: Free Yourself from the Pain of a Broken Heart fills the need of patients feeling isolated, ashamed, or alone in their anguish. Dr. Richard Rosse, a psychiatrist with expertise in the area of emotional breakdown, provides a concrete path to help people understand this condition. At times, the syndrome can seriously diminish the sufferer’s quality of life, and dramatically impair social, academic, and occupational activities. Dr. Rosse warns that there can also be bouts of severe manifestations, things go horribly wrong. Patients may end up committing suicide. A few become so obsessed by their lost loves that they are driven to stalk, attack, or murder these persons and then ultimately commit suicide. However, most patients suffer alone and in silence without ever resorting to an act of physical violence.Dr. Rosse clearly explains that Love Trauma Syndrome is a clinical disorder of “too much memory” in which the past intrudes upon the present to influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to a much greater extent than is expected. It can also be associated with a variety of other behavioral problems: the avoidance of future loving relationships, nervousness, feeling “unreal” or out of place, anger, and sleep disturbances. The book will educate mental health clinicians on how to recognize and treat people with the syndrome, and Dr. Rosse discusses a variety of psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment options and their rationale.The Love Trauma Syndrome is the first book to describe the condition and to present a full array of self-help strategies and specific techniques tailored to help those suffering from a love trauma. Designed for both lay and professional audiences, it is the ideal resource for anyone—male or female, young or old, gay or straight—hurt by love to understand what to do to escape the bleak prison of misery.

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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. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and performed his postgraduate psychiatry training at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Rosse 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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (April 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306460068
• ISBN-13: 978-0306460067
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,406,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Love Trauma Syndrome, June 15, 2009

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This is the answer that I've been looking for. Knowing the reason for some/all of your symptoms, and knowing others feel as you do is a big help. This book made me feel like I was not alone, and that symptoms are "normal". Suggestions are good, and I'll be trying to follow them. Pain from rejection is like pain I've never felt before, and this reading calmed me.