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Science Friday > Archives > 2003 > April
> April 25, 2003:
Hour One: Military Psychiatry
As the fighting in Iraq comes to an end, soldiers will return home
and try to re-establish their normal routines. How will their war
experiences change them? And how can mental health professionals help
soldiers put the war behind them?
The practice of military psychiatry has come a long way from the
days of veterans' mental health concerns being dismissed as 'shell
shock' or 'battle fatigue.' In this hour of Science Friday we'll look
at the effects of war on the mental health of fighting men and women.
Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255, and share
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Guests:
Dr. Jonathan Shay
Psychiatrist
Author:
"Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming"
(Scribner, 2002)
Staff Psychiatrist
Department
of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic
Boston, Massachusetts
Ben Shephard
Author: "A
War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Century"
(Harvard University Press, 2001)
Bristol, United Kingdom
Lt. Colonel Elspeth Cameron Ritchie
Psychiatrist, Medical Corps
Program Director, Mental Health Policy and Women's Issues
Office of the Assistant Defense Secretary
for Health Affairs
Falls Church, Virginia
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
PubMed:
Military Psychiatry
Coping
with War-Related Stress: Information for Military Families and Communities
National Center
for PTSD // National Center for Post-Traumatic ...
Military
Veterans (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) PTSD Reference ...
BBC
- History - Shell Shock during World War One
DefenseLINK
News: From 'Shell Shock' to 'Combat Stress'
US
News: The War of Emotions
The
Village Voice: Features: Shell-Shock and Awe by Joy Press
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This segment produced by Annette
Heist
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