ESSENTIAL READING

[Mutley]

I thought it might be useful to start a thread on some good reading material - but lets respect this please guys and only put gen stuff here - you never know who might need it.

I'll start the ball rolling by quoting a bit from one of H's very early messages, which has been well received:

For a more informative view visit minnesota directory of wellbeing site @ http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/mental-health/ptsd,htm If that doesnt work bin everything after dir.org and use the site index, wounds aren`t only visible on the outside.

In hoc vinces

[Mutley]

Simon Bywater recommends:

"OVERCOMING TRAUMATIC STRESS"
Written by Herbert and wetmore
Published by Robinsons of London
Its available online at places like amazon Or you can order it from any good book store.
I certainly recommend it, but dont read it before you go to sleep

It helped me and encourages you to think whilst reading it

Yorkie Malone:

"Forced Out" by Simon Bywater
ISBN 1857766296
Just looked up the book. First chapter looks interesting so the rest should be great.

Simons own comments are

I got it off my chest with the book

I hope these are the correct details if not (or if there is additional info) send me a pm and I will amend this post.


in hoc vinces

[Mutley]

Our celebrity member who started to shake the moss off, Harry Hackedoff's input:

talking to the guys at Combat stress and finally spoke to their Clinical Manager, Mr Tony Letford. A really helpful guy and a Scouser to boot. First a very big" thank you " to Tony for the time he took to speak and for the information he sent.

The zipped file containing 50+ pages of info is available at:

http://www.threecrossretail.fsbusiness. ... p/ptsd.zip


in hoc vinces

[harry hackedoff]

Thanks, Muts

Not all of the gen on that file is going to apply to your situation. There are at least four sections which you will find, shall we say "enlightening".
My offer remains, if you are not able to download or un-zip the contents then contact me. I am willing to send you a hard copy.

Harry

[Jo-Ann]

Hia Mut, this is Jo-Ann from over the way good being neighbours
Hope you don't mind me asking but are there any books or printed material that might assist the carers or wifes you know the people closest to the situation, that might teach them how to come to terms with the junk, or of course where we should pack it away under the stairs maybe .....will there be enough room i wonder and what happens if you live in a caravan like I do where do you put the junk then? It would after all be possible to pick up a very similar problem to our husbands or wife. being on the end of physical/physicological abuse can be very damageing mentally, and what good would we be to anyone then. WE ALL NEED HELP will stop now or I'll bore you to tears and wet key boards are not any good to anyone Regards Jo-Ann

[Mutley]

Jo-Ann,
The zipped file would be a good place to start, there is a lot of info for 'victims families'

PM winging its way to you

Hang in there girl, he needs you

In hoc vinces

[Mutley]

This is NOT a recommend but sparked by a comment in the main thread regarding EMDR an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a clinical treatment that integrates elements of a range of therapeutic approaches in combination with eye movements or other forms of rhythmical stimulation in ways that stimulate the brain’s information processing system. For more info look up EMDR at:

http://www.affectivetherapy.co.uk

This is NOT a recommendation.

[El Prez]

There was an interesting interview and discussion about PTSD on Radio 5 this morning. Rapid eye movement therapy was discussed, and also there was some input from David I'M A SCAMMER SPAMMER!!! who has written 'Post traumatic Stress Disorder - The Invisible Injury'.
David received a cancellation fee for a seminar he was due to host this week for the MOD, they can't fit him in apparently, they're too busy. Pity the poor guys who will come back from Iraq; because in David's words, when asked by Fi Glover, "The MOD, does not have a clue." He was very complimentary about Combat Stress, but qualified this by pointing out that they are a Charity.

[harry hackedoff]

They are a charity, it’s true.
They are the best hope for sufferers in the UK, that`s true as well.
Which is a damning inditement of the MOD, this Goverment,and all preceding govts.
The sooner the Class Action starts to hurt them in the wallet, the better.
Wake up, Minister.

[El Prez]

but qualified this by pointing out that they are a Charity

Sorry, written in haste; what I meant to say was he fully supports Combat Stress, and said it's indicative of the poor Governmental support for PTSD, that the leading support system in the UK is of charitable status. Hope that clarifies it.

[harry hackedoff]

Quite rightly, Rob, which is why I’m hacked-off with the bastards.
Representatives from the MOD and Senior members of the armed forces attended a conference in 1980 at which the Israelis demonstrated that (for anything from a minor skirmish, to a major campaign) it is possible to statistically predict the number of casualties of PTSD, with a high degree of accuracy.
They chose to ignore this in 1982, they ignored it in N.I.,in the Balkans and in the Gulf in 90. For all I know, they are probably ignoring it today.

Treating people at Combat Stress’s residential centres is not cheap, it cost a lot of money to train the specialist staff and to maintain the facilities. Not providing treatment because it is expensive is shortsighted in the extreme. To adequately treat all sufferers would be a major cost to society, but what of the cost of not providing it? The broken homes and broken lives that are being ignored. I don`t just mean the financial costs, either.
The Governments who have ignored this issue are failing in their “Duty of Care”. When the Class Action is successful, I would love to see former Ministers of Defence sued for damages in the Civil courts. They might start to take notice, then.
yours, Aye,
Harry Hackedoff