Integrative Medical Practices for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
| Autor: | Kenneth E. Richter, Robert L. Koffman, Justin S. Campbell, Robert N. McLay, Paul D. Sargent |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Active duty media_common.quotation_subject Center of excellence Military service Psychiatry and Mental health Posttraumatic stress BLISS medicine Integrative medicine Psychological resilience Psychology Psychiatry Duty computer media_common Clinical psychology computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatric Annals. 43:181-187 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2456 0048-5713 |
| Popis: | The discrepancy between military and civilian prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) indicates that military service, in particular combat duty, carries with it an increased risk for the development of PTSD, thereby representing one of the key challenges to military mental health care. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has experimented with incorporating integrative medicine practices into a variety of PTSD treatment centers. Much of the pioneering work started with the Warrior Resilience Center in Fort Bliss, TX, during the early years of the war in Iraq. Though it is an outpatient program, the Warrior Resilience Center should be acknowledged as a model for the two intensive residential programs recently designed to support active duty service members diagnosed with PTSD. The Overcoming Adversity and Stress Injury Support (OASIS) and National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) have embraced the truly dynamic challenge of treating PTSD in active duty service members by augmenting traditional evidencebased exposure therapies for PTSD with a variety of integrative approaches. This strategy is due in no small part to demands from patients who seek alternatives to |
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