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Quynn Elizabeth - Accepting the Ashes: A Daughter’s Look at PTSD

We are very proud today to have a special Veteran’s Day reading from Elizabeth Quynn, author of Accepting the Ashes: A Daughter’s Look at PTSD  .  Please take a moment today to thank a friend, acquaintance, or relative who has served their country with honor.
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Quynn Elizabeth
 ”Accepting the Ashes” was written by Quynn Elizabeth, daughter of a two-time Viet Nam ( also spelled as Vietnam ) veteran in the year of her father’s death and the escalation of the war in Iraq.Due to her father’s experiences in war he struggled with Post Traumatic Stress, heart sadness and alcoholism all his adult life even though he didn’t get diagnosed with PTSD until 1992. In “Accepting the Ashes” Quynn shares her personal story so that other loved ones and soon-to-be veterans, who are fighting right now, might not have to wait 30 years to heal their painful feelings often caused by experiencing war-related stress.
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Accepting The Ashes

George W. Doherty - Crisis Intervention Training for Disaster Workers

Jake D. Steele interviews George W. Doherty on disasters, the community response, the roles of first responders, Disaster Mental Health Services and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) responders and teams. We talk about each of these and their roles in responding to the needs of both victims and disaster workers. This includes discussion about war, terrorism and follow-up responses by mental health professionals. Doherty is the author of the new textbook Crisis Intervention Training for Disaster Workers: An Introduction.
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George Doherty has held positions as counselor/therapist, Masters Level psychologist, consultant, educator, disaster mental health specialist and is a former U.S. Air Force Officer. He is President of O`Dochartaigh Associates since 1985. President & CEO. George is also the founder of the  Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute. Crisis Intervention Training for Disaster Workers

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Frank A. Gerbode, M.D. - The Nature of Hope

Author and psychiatrist Frank A. Gerbode, M.D. questions the nature of hope and whether optimism or pessimism should be nature of human expectations in light of our hopes and dreams for the future. Join us for a philosophical romp both lighthearted and informative.
Dr. Gerbode is the author of Beyond Psychology: An Introduction to Metapsychology (3rd Ed., 1995).  This lecture was recorded March 12th, 1989 at the 2nd Annual Institute for Research in Metapsychology Conference in Palo Alto, California.  

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