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War - PTSD
So many among us mention Post Traumatic Stress Disorder... Zoomie found something which provoked thought in me about how PTSD is dealt with, made me think maybe there's another way... maybe a better way.
Excerpts from: "The Grief Industry", by: Jerome Groopman, NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, January 26, 2004, pp 30-38 "A 1996 study of American pilots who were prisoners of war in North Vietnam underscores the importance of baseline mental health. Although the pilots endured years of torture and, in many cases, solitary confinement, they showed very low incidence of PTSD - presumably because pilots are screened for psychological health and trained for high-stress combat." "Foa, who is an Israeli, has taught her technique to therapists with the Israel Defense Forces. These therapists recently treated thirty soldiers who had severe PTSD. Some had been in continuous psychotherapy until they received Foa's treatment, which typically requires only twenty hours of therapy. Twenty-nine of the thrity experienced a marked improvement in both their symptoms and their ability to function." "At the same time, the scientific critique of debriefing has begun to have an impact. The Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the American Red Cross, the Department of Health and Human Services have all abandoned it as a therapeutic method... This week, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Task Force on Terrorism will release a paper recommending that debriefing be abandoned as a mainstream prevention method. Nevertheless, many for-profit companies in the so-called "grief industry" continue to offer single counselling sessions that are fundamentally linked to Mitchell's seven-step technique." I'd suggest, read the article in whole... come to your own conclusion. |
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