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Tweeting traumatic stress: An online initiative for PTSD « Vision 21 Care — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:15:14 +0000

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By: utzie

utzie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:44:13 +0000

I tried looking up Vision 21 and their addressing of the problem was clear, but what they were going to do seemed kinda’ vague. I found interviews and articles on one of the contributors, Donald Meichenbaum, and he seems to have credibility to his research. He noted the weakness with many psychotherapists: they don’t listen to their patients.

But it looks like it would be hard to see how effective the program will be because of how young it is. The only way to see is to test it over a long term and hope for the best. All I can say now is that some effort to treat the PTSD is better than what my dad’s childhood friends who served in Vietnam received: being told to “man up and quit acting like a pansy” (what their fathers would tell them).

Hope to hear more news on this in the future.

By: Katie Drummond

Katie Drummond — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:10:28 +0000

Uzie: I agree that too many people try to shove this under the table. And too many troops are worried about repercussions if they seek treatment and “admit” that they have a problem.

Do you think, though, that the web is the way to do it? I’m not discounting the idea, but I’d be curious to know whether a majority of troops see potential in social networking projects like Vision 21 to de-stigmatize PTSD and help more vets seek help.

By: utzie

utzie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:08:33 +0000

Katie, thanks for putting attention towards this subject. It seems to be one that many want to push away. The veterans of the current Middle East conflict need to have better treatment than the veterans of my father’s generation so they may assimilate better into a civilian community.

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