News From the Cause
'Shattering of the soul': (SUN-JOURNAL, LEWISTON, ME)
August 07, 2009
It seems easy to understand, until doctors put it in a medical book, label it "post-traumatic stress disorder" and try treating folks. After years of clinical study of the way the brain changes under stress, doctors and psychologists have built a vocabulary around the issue. Symptoms are classified. Levels of anxiety are measured. Signs of "disassociation" are determined. Healing is marked by phases. The lingo can make any soldier diagnosed with the problem feel abnormal. Or worse: weak. So the military is trying to change the message. [click here to view] (http://www.sunjournal.com/node/76614)
