PTSD KILLS and HURTS the LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND!

American Contractors, like the soldiers are coming home from
IRAQ suffering with PTSD.   Many contractors are veterans.
Most don't even know they have it!
Learning about PTSD is NOT A CRIME, but it will save a life!
Many American Contractors who are injured are sent home,
without a job, unable to work, and NO INSURANCE, leaving them
unable to afford COBRA!  They have NO Where To TURN...
American Contractors are not alone in this WAR with PTSD.
About 40 Marines a month are effected by it.  Marine Corps statistics,
though incomplete, show PTSD cases doubled from about 250 in 2003
to 596 in 2004, and then doubled again to 1,229 in 2005.

Today statistics show that 120 vets per week commit suicide.
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PTSD not only effects our
service men, but effects our
American contractors as
well.  If you suffer or feel
you might suffer from PTSD
and need to talk, please
email us.

PTSD@americancontractors
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John Mancini- 51
News story made no
connection that he was an
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This one is called, "John,
Don't surrender".


If it wasn't for some
intervention this man would
not of gotten the help he
needed.  
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The issue of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has reached public attention
in an unexpected way through the revelations that our military medical
establishment has failed on major fronts to provide the very best treatment
deserved by American
implemented. Please read my Op-Ed referenced
Dr. David R. Leffler (2007, July 2). Meditation Could Help: Reducing
Stress-Related Problems at Military and VA Facilities. Military.com,      
Available here:

Below this message are the abstract and a link to Colonel (Dr.) Brian M.
Rees US Army War College masters degree research paper on the topic
of Strategic Stress Management (SSM). His presentation on 12
November 2007 at the Association of Military Surgeons of the United
States (AMSUS) convention included this topic.

Colonel Rees is quoted in Military Officer about a side benefit for military
personnel when using SSM. The article describes alternative treatment
approaches to combat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Military
Officer magazine is the flagship publication of Military Officers
Association of America (MOAA). The article is available online here

An important point to consider is that research shows that all meditation
and relaxation techniques do not necessarily have the same results. See:
"Are All Meditations the Same? Comparing the Neural Patterns of
Mindfulness Meditation, Tibetan Buddhism Kargyu tradition and the
Transcendental Meditation Technique." Available here


Unlike many other meditation and relaxation techniques the TM program
is easy to learn and fun to practice, and extensive research shows that it is
more effective and efficient than other relaxation techniques. Please see
"Comparison of Techniques Issue: Are all forms of meditation and
relaxation the same?" Available here


Also, a new study of 60 male subjects in their 40’s and 50’s found that
ultraweak photon emissions were significantly lower at all 12 anatomical
locations studied in subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation
technique (TM) and Other Meditation Techniques (OMT= Tao, Zen,
Christian, and Hindu Yoga meditations) than in non-meditating controls.
See:
http://www.truthabouttm.
org/truth/Research/NewStudies/UltraweakPhotonEmissionandMeditation/i
ndex.cfm



Fortunately, the US Army is exploring many alternative approaches
including the TM program. Please see a blog article by Noah Shachtman,
a contributing editor at Wired magazine: http://blog.wired.
com/defense/2008/03/army-bioenergy.html



Thank you for forwarding this information to appropriate people. I would be
glad to help arrange presentations on this topic to anyone who might be
interested.

Sincerely,

David R. Leffler, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS)
http://www.StrongMilitary.org
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USAWC PROGRAM RESEARCH PAPER


by

COLONEL BRIAN M. REES

Medical Corps , United States Army Reserve

Topic approved by

Kenneth W. Womack

The views expressed in this academic research paper are those of the author and do
not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Government, the
Department of Defense, or any of its agencies.  

U.S. Army War College

CARLISLE BARRACKS , PENNSYLVANIA 17013

ABSTRACT

AUTHOR:    Colonel Brian M. Rees
TITLE:          The Application of Strategic Stress Management in Winning the Peace
FORMAT:    DDE Research Paper
DATE:          2 May 2007      PAGES: 34             CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified



Although the US is preeminent in maneuver warfare, success in current (and
probable future) counterinsurgency operations is hampered by the infectious
ideology of the enemy.  But the stress and frustration necessary to fuel the
insurgency and Islamist terrorism are enemy critical vulnerabilities.

Strategic Stress Management (SSM), in the form of groups of persons practicing a
meditative technique called the TM-Sidhi Program, can be applied to reduce
hostilities in targeted populations.  The underlying hypothesis is that consciousness
is a field, and that effects generated in the field of consciousness can affect the brain
chemistry, the thinking and the subsequent behavior of potential belligerents who are
not engaged in or even aware of the practice.  This hypothesis has been tested in
over fifty studies that have documented reductions in combat deaths, crime, and
terrorist acts related to the size of the groups practicing the intervention.

As a prospective Course of Action (COA), SSM is suitable and feasible, and readily
distinguishable from virtually any other COA.  However, it is unorthodox, and its
acceptability is uncertain.

THE APPLICATION OF STRATEGIC STRESS MANAGEMENT IN
WINNING THE PEACE
Clues
your defense base
act attorney may not
be working in your
best interest
"I am under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD"
"Each diagnosis is an acknowledgment that psychiatric casualties
are a huge price tag of this war,"
Assessing Combat
Exposure and
Post-
Traumatic Stress
Disorder
in Troops
and Estimating
the Costs to Society
Implications from the
RAND
Invisible Wounds of War
Study
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Invisible Wounds
Serving Service Members and Veterans with PTSD and TBI
More than 1.6 million American service members have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). As of December 2008, more than 4,000 troops have been killed and over 30,000 have
returned from a combat zone with visible wounds and a range of permanent disabilities. In addition, an estimated 25-40
percent have less visible wounds—psychological and neurological injuries associated with post traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) or traumatic brain injury (TBI), which have been dubbed “signature injuries” of the Iraq War.