By Stewart J. Lawrence — 2011
Meditation may help with PTSD, but some yogis are dismayed that their peace-loving practice is now turned to combat training.
Read on www.theguardian.com
CLEAR ALL
A former VA therapist says productivity pressure on counselors who treat veterans for mental health issues like PTSD is hurting the quality of care.
The iconic scene when George C. Scott slaps the soldier with PTSD in Patton and calls him a “yellow-bellied coward” mirrors the historic and continued ambivalence of the military toward the psychological wounds of war.
It’s time to treat the chronic brain disease called addiction.
1
Look more closely and you’ll see.
2
Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.
Through this treatment plan, the patient was able to “reconceptualize her trauma” and “was able to move through difficult memories and emotions rather than letting them consume her,” explained U of O associate professor, Monnica Williams.
When a medication is being evaluated to modify the behavior of a person with autism, one must assess the risks versus the benefits.
Childhood trauma has an effect on adult mental illness
In the shamanic view, mental illness signals “the birth of a healer,” explains Malidoma Patrice Somé. Thus, mental disorders are spiritual emergencies, spiritual crises, and need to be regarded as such to aid the healer in being born.
Learn how to recognize the varying types of halluncinations and delusions that are among the most common symptoms of schizophrenia.