Comments on: PTSD was first brought to public attention by war veterans, but http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/07/11/ptsd-was-first-brought-to-public-attention-by-war-veterans-but/ Military Veterans and Foreign Affairs Journal - VA - Veterans Administration Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:07:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Veterans Advocacy Editor http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/07/11/ptsd-was-first-brought-to-public-attention-by-war-veterans-but/comment-page-1/#comment-18669 Veterans Advocacy Editor Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:29:21 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/?p=7898#comment-18669 <p style="line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial black,avant garde" size="4">I cannot overstate the importance of this not-too-academic book. This book is essential for veterans' advocates lobbying for systemic changes. The book's 14 articles by international experts have extensive footnotes and pointed recommendations. This provides the necessary credibility to show how extensive and severe PTSD really is and the ineffectiveness of current treatment programs. It also enables the reader to pursue more in-depth research. </font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial black,avant garde" size="4">The "Military Populations" article, written by Australians who pulled no punches, is invaluable for counter-recruiting as well as for therapy. Various PTSD treatments are compared. There is the first case study using "virtual reality" technology. It enabled a Vietnam veteran to repeatedly relive the combat traumas, reexamine his "blame" and put an end to thirty years of nightmares. VA doctors report their success using the "readiness to change" approach, useful in addiction recovery, to overcome the problem of PTSD "treatment failure." There are valuable insights in the articles on how a veteran's social support, anger, anxiety, pain and other physical and mental disorders influence and are influenced by PTSD. Get your library to order a copy. <br /></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="4"><em><font face="arial black,avant garde">Ray Parrish (Sgt., USAF, 72-75) is VVAW's Veterans Benefits counselor.</font> </em></font></p> I cannot overstate the importance of this not-too-academic book. This book is essential for veterans’ advocates lobbying for systemic changes. The book’s 14 articles by international experts have extensive footnotes and pointed recommendations. This provides the necessary credibility to show how extensive and severe PTSD really is and the ineffectiveness of current treatment programs. It also enables the reader to pursue more in-depth research.

The "Military Populations" article, written by Australians who pulled no punches, is invaluable for counter-recruiting as well as for therapy. Various PTSD treatments are compared. There is the first case study using "virtual reality" technology. It enabled a Vietnam veteran to repeatedly relive the combat traumas, reexamine his "blame" and put an end to thirty years of nightmares. VA doctors report their success using the "readiness to change" approach, useful in addiction recovery, to overcome the problem of PTSD "treatment failure." There are valuable insights in the articles on how a veteran’s social support, anger, anxiety, pain and other physical and mental disorders influence and are influenced by PTSD. Get your library to order a copy.

Ray Parrish (Sgt., USAF, 72-75) is VVAW’s Veterans Benefits counselor.

]]> By: VETERANS ADVOCACY EDITOR http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/07/11/ptsd-was-first-brought-to-public-attention-by-war-veterans-but/comment-page-1/#comment-18668 VETERANS ADVOCACY EDITOR Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:25:30 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/?p=7898#comment-18668 <img class="left" src="story_images/0826120474_400_02.jpg" border="1" alt="826120474_400_02" title="826120474_400_02" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="264" height="400" align="left"><font face="book antiqua,palatino" size="3">I cannot overstate the importance of this not-too-academic book. This book is essential for veterans' advocates lobbying for systemic changes. The book's 14 articles by international experts have extensive footnotes and pointed recommendations. This provides the necessary credibility to show how extensive and severe PTSD really is and the ineffectiveness of current treatment programs. It also enables the reader to pursue more in-depth research. <br /><br /> The "Military Populations" article, written by Australians who pulled no punches, is invaluable for counter-recruiting as well as for therapy. Various PTSD treatments are compared. There is the first case study using "virtual reality" technology. It enabled a Vietnam veteran to repeatedly relive the combat traumas, reexamine his "blame" and put an end to thirty years of nightmares. VA doctors report their success using the "readiness to change" approach, useful in addiction recovery, to overcome the problem of PTSD "treatment failure." There are valuable insights in the articles on how a veteran's social support, anger, anxiety, pain and other physical and mental disorders influence and are influenced by PTSD. Get your library to order a copy. <br /><br />  <br /><em>Ray Parrish (Sgt., USAF, 72-75) is VVAW's Veterans Benefits counselor.</em></font> <br /><br /> �826120474_400_02I cannot overstate the importance of this not-too-academic book. This book is essential for veterans’ advocates lobbying for systemic changes. The book’s 14 articles by international experts have extensive footnotes and pointed recommendations. This provides the necessary credibility to show how extensive and severe PTSD really is and the ineffectiveness of current treatment programs. It also enables the reader to pursue more in-depth research.

The "Military Populations" article, written by Australians who pulled no punches, is invaluable for counter-recruiting as well as for therapy. Various PTSD treatments are compared. There is the first case study using "virtual reality" technology. It enabled a Vietnam veteran to repeatedly relive the combat traumas, reexamine his "blame" and put an end to thirty years of nightmares. VA doctors report their success using the "readiness to change" approach, useful in addiction recovery, to overcome the problem of PTSD "treatment failure." There are valuable insights in the articles on how a veteran’s social support, anger, anxiety, pain and other physical and mental disorders influence and are influenced by PTSD. Get your library to order a copy.

 
Ray Parrish (Sgt., USAF, 72-75) is VVAW’s Veterans Benefits counselor.

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