the Wound Beneath Diagnosis: A Guide to PTSD, Spirituality, and Suicide Prevention

The Wound Beneath the Diagnosis: A Guide to PTSD, Spirituality, and Suicide Prevention Twenty veterans die by suicide every day. Behind that number are soldiers like the sergeant who built a safety plan with his chaplain-then attempted to end his life that same night. The soldier who told a chaplain "God will never forgive me" for a death he never intended to cause. The soldier who declared, more than once, that chaplains were worthless-until the real target of his anger finally surfaced. The young woman who found sobriety and peace through faith even as an old wound left her body permanently damaged. Drawing on one of the largest behavioral health studies ever conducted on the U.S. active duty force-and twenty-three years of firsthand ministry in combat zones, hospital wards, and two-in-the-morning doorways-Rev. Dr. Stan Jasiurkowski makes an urgent, evidence-based case: posttraumatic stress and spiritual wounding are inseparable, and treating one without the other is treating half a soldier. Healing Warriors bridges a gap few books attempt: hard statistical research on one side, unflinching pastoral vignettes on the other, brought together into a practical four-connection framework-Creator, conscience, community, creation-that chaplains and behavioral health professionals can use side by side rather than in isolation. This book is for: Military and hospital chaplains seeking an evidence-based framework for suicide prevention Behavioral health professionals ready to integrate spiritual care into clinical practice Anyone who has sat with a veteran in crisis and wondered what more could be done Rigorous. Honest about its own limits. Unwilling to let a single soldier die alone.