Submitted by apsaa_admin on Tue, 03/08/2016 - 00:00
Kurt Goldstein and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann on Traumatic Brain Injury
Symptoms are an amalgam of neurological injuries and the survivor’s individual physical and psychological efforts to adapt to those injuries
By Harold Kudler, MD
Submitted by rdshelby@icsw.edu on Wed, 12/16/2015 - 00:00
Why after every war do “we” look for the newest, most cutting-edge treatments for war-related trauma, rather and simply going to a library?
Submitted by apsaa_admin on Mon, 12/07/2015 - 11:14
2016/2017: Understanding War Trauma: A Six-Part Webinar Series from the American Psychoanalytic Association
Submitted by rdshelby@icsw.edu on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 00:00
APsaA Position Statements Rendered Obsolete
On this Veterans Day:
Understanding War-Generated Psychopathology
By Norman M. Camp, MD
Increased Military Cultural Competence Helps Military Personnel, Veterans & Their Families
According to the recently released National Vietnam Veterans Longitudinal Study (NVVLS), there are both encouraging and alarming findings regarding the long-term mental health of combat veterans.
Hundreds of thousands of troops have returned home after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan with brain injuries and/or PTSD. Local and federal leaders, community and religious organizations and non-profits strive mightily to offer support services and programs to help veterans and their families cope and heal.
When the veteran speaks of decorations, many feelings may surface. And when, on Memorial Day or Veterans Day, we see veterans don their uniforms for parades, the glittering, attractive face of the decoration is seen but the obverse lies dark against the veteran’s chest. The metaphorical meanings of that darkness may reach far deeper.
APsaA’s Service-Members and Veterans Initiative (SVI) Committee Endorses the National Library of Medicine’s Historical Collections
Films are valuable resources for educating clinicians and the public about the psychological needs of veterans
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