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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:34:05 -0700
From: Helen Gore <hyg@onemain.com>
To: drieux just drieux <drieux@wetware.com>, jtmiller@uiuc.edu,
joe@countryjoe.com, webmaster@BRIGHT-IDEA.COM, mwbibb@ARK.SHIP.EDU,
epm2@LEHIGH.EDU, mruland@erols.com, sixties@lists.village.virginia.edu
Subject: Re: near and long term fixes for the cause of PTSD
At 11:16 PM 4/21/2001 -0700, drieux just drieux wrote:
>Maybe the really impolite thing about all of this is watching civilians deal
>with the fact that they do not have a good 'frame of reference' from which
>to resolve which of the DSM-<intergerHere> definition best suits the fact
>that they are not always able to get 'staff' to deal with 'those issues'.
Drieux,
There are so many threads in what you say, it's obvious that you're one
brother who is really struggling. Stick with the above --- IT'S ALL POLITICAL!
From your side, the politics is that those who send children off to war
NEVER want to pay to clean up the mess they create. Others see that the
definition of PTSD is overly restrictive due to it's origins in combat
("shell shock," etc.). The bully boss who reduces good employees to
nervous wrecks is creating traumatic stress just as much as the
warmongers. But the business community doesn't want to have to pay, so
they fight against it all the way.
When you see that IT'S ALL POLITICAL, you'll see that we're all on the same
side, or should be.
Regards,
Martin via Helen's account
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