Bulletproof spirit, revised edition: the first responder's essential resource for protecting and healing mind and heart - dan willis

This unique guide, written by a fellow first responder and based on 25 years of police work and suicide prevention, shows all frontline caregivers and those who care about them how to prevent, mitigate, and overcome such collateral damage as PTSD, depression, anxiety, and suicide.

Suicide, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, and many more emotional and stress-related problems plague the first-responder community.

Hundreds of thousands of these brave public servants have unwittingly become victims of the professions they once loved.

However, the suffering that results from a professional life of sacrifice and service can be prevented and mitigated.

As a thirty-year law-enforcement veteran, retired police captain, and police academy instructor, Dan Willis has witnessed the damage of emotional trauma and has made it his personal mission to safeguard and enhance the wellness and wholeness of police officers, firefighters, EMTs, emergency-room personnel, and soldiers.

Bulletproof Spirit offers field-tested expertise designed to be used by all first responders -- and their families -- to heal themselves and continue serving with compassion and strength.