Comments on: You Down With PPTSD? http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/11/09/you-down-with-pptsd/ Since 2002, News, Technology and Pop Culture, 24 Hours a Day, Live and in Stereo. Editor of the PJ Lifestyle Website. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Unsupervised http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/11/09/you-down-with-pptsd/#comment-11114 Unsupervised Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:13:15 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=25210#comment-11114 I work at an Army hospital. We just today had "provider resiliance" training. In that (and it was written, I'm sure, prior to the attack at Ft Hood). In it, we were told that working with the badly wounded (or just a bunch of wounded/injured/sick people) can really drag you down, all the way to depression or other mental problems (paranoia being one of them). It also "taught" us that you COULD get PTSD-like symptoms by working with those with PTSD. (I guess I can also get high cholesterol by watching you eat a big Mac.) But, take a look at www.behavioralhealth.army.mil/prt/index.html (there's even a quiz). For an article, there's http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/12/02/14683-program-helps-bolster-resilience-of-military-health-care-providers/ note that it goes back to 2008. Other refs from a quickie internet search go back at least to 2005. But it still looks like snake oil to me. I work at an Army hospital. We just today had “provider resiliance” training. In that (and it was written, I’m sure, prior to the attack at Ft Hood). In it, we were told that working with the badly wounded (or just a bunch of wounded/injured/sick people) can really drag you down, all the way to depression or other mental problems (paranoia being one of them). It also “taught” us that you COULD get PTSD-like symptoms by working with those with PTSD. (I guess I can also get high cholesterol by watching you eat a big Mac.)
But, take a look at http://www.behavioralhealth.army.mil/prt/index.html
(there’s even a quiz).
For an article, there’s http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/12/02/14683-program-helps-bolster-resilience-of-military-health-care-providers/
note that it goes back to 2008. Other refs from a quickie internet search go back at least to 2005.

But it still looks like snake oil to me.

]]> By: Joe Hooker http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/11/09/you-down-with-pptsd/#comment-11107 Joe Hooker Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:52:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=25210#comment-11107 Really. I have no doubt that John Wilkes Booth did what he did because of the stress of the war and because he was taunted for his pro-Confederate beliefs. Ideology had nothing to do with that bullet in Abe's head. Really. I have no doubt that John Wilkes Booth did what he did because of the stress of the war and because he was taunted for his pro-Confederate beliefs. Ideology had nothing to do with that bullet in Abe’s head.

]]> By: furious http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/11/09/you-down-with-pptsd/#comment-11100 furious Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:34:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=25210#comment-11100 As if the chain of command weren't enough under scrutiny for their failure to protect their troops from this ticking bomb... ...what if the failure to act earlier were the result of Maj. Hasan actually being under surveillance for his activities, and the investigators didn't want to roll him up too soon before he enabled them to connect more dots? The steady flow of firm facts about his activities and behavior indicates these aren't new discoveries, but part of some dossier built over time. The NYC tunnel bombers, the Fort Dix Six, both investigations were allowed to play out until at/near the time the perpetrators were ready to act. Hopefully Sen. Lieberman's Senate hearnings will dig deep and either confirm or disprove the above speculation. As if the chain of command weren’t enough under scrutiny for their failure to protect their troops from this ticking bomb…

…what if the failure to act earlier were the result of Maj. Hasan actually being under surveillance for his activities, and the investigators didn’t want to roll him up too soon before he enabled them to connect more dots?

The steady flow of firm facts about his activities and behavior indicates these aren’t new discoveries, but part of some dossier built over time.

The NYC tunnel bombers, the Fort Dix Six, both investigations were allowed to play out until at/near the time the perpetrators were ready to act. Hopefully Sen. Lieberman’s Senate hearnings will dig deep and either confirm or disprove the above speculation.

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