Steve Biddulph, globally renowned psychotherapist, author of Raising Boys, Raising Girls & The New Manhood.
“Dean’s battle with employers, insurers, and the arcane tangle that is our mental health system, has been a victory that will make your spirit soar, because he found a way to personal healing, and to an understanding that breakdown can be turned into breakthrough. He has scoured the world of trauma treatment, found the best voices, separated the claptrap from the truly healing, and written it all down with clarity and heart.”
Dr Mark Cross, psychiatrist and author.
”I treat people with PTSD and I have anxiety. I found this astonishing account of trauma and its profound repercussions so immersive and real that I felt I was in the therapy space with Dean. His searing honesty recounting the personal and family cost of living with a complex mental health issue made me incredibly emotional. As it will you”.
Thomas E. Ricks, author Fiasco and Waging a Good War.
”Put on your seatbelt before reading this. Dean Yates has produced the roughest, and most honest, journalistic memoir of war I've ever encountered”.
Independent Australian Senator Jacqui Lambie
“A gripping read that exposes the shocking holes in our health system when it comes to the treatment of PTSD … This book will resonate with all first responders, including war journalists. I praise Dean’s raw honesty!”
Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens Senator for Tasmania.
“A story like no other. Dean’s remarkable honesty and extraordinary personal journey is a gift to those who feel shackled by shame and defeated by trauma”.
John Bale – Co-founder of Soldier On and Fortem, mental health and wellbeing NFPs for veterans, first responders and their families. Afghanistan veteran.
”No work has ever pulled back the veil on the individual and family consequences of trauma and moral injury like this”.
Chris Hedges, Pulitzer-prize winning war correspondent for The New York Times and author of War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning.
”Dean Yates has written a brutally honest account of war and war reporting, battling within these pages, as he battles within himself, the myriad of demons war unleashes. It is destined to become a classic”.
Amy McKeown, award-winning Workplace Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategist and Consultant (UK).
”This book raises important questions about the impact work can have on an individual’s mental health and the level of protection and support employees get. It exposes the chasms into which individuals can fall unsupported and alone despite working in large organisations and surrounded by others”.
Brett Litz, Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at Boston University. Co-author of Adaptive Disclosure: A New Treatment for Military Trauma, Loss, and Moral Injury”.
“Dean Yates bares his still healing heart and the depths of his humanity by providing a raw and utterly unguarded first-person account of the horrific losses and moral injuries he incurred … He reveals an essential truth about recovery from trauma and moral injury, namely that it is a lifelong challenge, and it is never one thing, like good psychotherapy”.
Dr Polly McGee, Trauma Therapist & Author, The Good Hustle.
“Dean Yates has levelled up his own vulnerability by fully reporting the disintegration of selfhood and its painful reclamation, giving survivors of trauma and the people that love them new insight and hope for recovery.”
Geoff McDonald - Global advocate, campaigner and consultant on mental health in the workplace.
“This book might make for very uncomfortable reading, but that's why it's essential. Organisations that enhance the lives of their people, will perform better, differentiate themselves, and in so doing retain, engage and attract the best talent!”.
Hugh Riminton, National Affairs Editor at Network TEN, former News Anchor/Correspondent CNN”.
“In diving into the science of PTSD and the philosophy of "moral injury", Dean Yates brings fresh new insights for everyone who has been on this journey, including partners and children … I wish I'd read it sooner”.
Nancy Sherman, a New York Times notable author, philosopher and moral injury expert”.
“Dean Yates captures the after war of PTSD and moral injury in the most searing way … Yates is now a mental health advocate. We need desperately need to hear his story and to share it.
Clothilde Redfern, Director, Rory Peck Trust.
“Dean Yates’ frank account of the psychological toll of frontline journalism and the lack of institutional support for those affected by trauma is essential reading for anyone who wants to support journalists. Much more needs to be done to stem the loss of talent from a sector essential to upholding our democratic freedoms".
Edward Tick, PhD, psychotherapist, author of War and the Soul, Warrior’s Return and Soul Medicine.
“Dean’s book is an intense, gripping, courageous, and naked account of his journey, struggles, and search for healing. It witnesses the culpability of our institutions in causing and prolonging trauma, the degree to which trauma impacts journalists and other violence-exposed professions, and the long and complex process needed for recovery and healing. Line In the Sand educates readers to this journey, its complexities, and the necessary inner work and social support needed for trauma healing.
Girish Gupta, former Senior Correspondent, Reuters (Venezuela, Iraq, and Afghanistan) and contributor to the New York Times, New Yorker, TIME.
“This book transcends journalism and war, and goes deep into how as human beings we react to the world around us. An essential read for anyone who wants to better empathise with themselves and others”.
Matthew Green, author of Aftershock: Fighting war, surviving trauma and finding peace.
“Dean Yates’ unsparing account of the impact of his psychological injuries on his family makes essential reading for anyone trying to understand the true cost of PTSD. This book will also force some of the most powerful people in the world’s biggest media organisations to take a hard look in the mirror”.
Lisa Millar, ABC journalist/presenter, author of Daring To Fly.
“No one knows more about the lies and deceit behind the events of Collateral Murder than Dean Yates and for the first time we understand fully the ongoing trauma for so many involved”.
