"The Long Journey Home": Combat Stress & PTSD in Returning War Veterans and Their Families
Featuring: Philip Metres, Ph.D., retired Navy Captain and Vietnam War Veteran
Topics include:
Defining and Assessing PTSD, Combat Stress, Brain Injury, Addictions, Suicide and Depression
Strategies for Initial Assessment
Stabilizing the Return Home
Moving Veterans through Bureaucracy and Barriers and Into Effective Treatment
Ideal for Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Clergy, Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
Upcoming Seminars:
January 15, 2009 Indianapolis, IN
January 16, 2009 South Bend, IN
January 22, 2009 Akron, OH
January 23, 2009 Cleveland OH
To sign up, and for more information, check out the website.
Further thoughts on the cultural labor of poetry and art. Not merely "is it good?," but "what has it accomplished?"...reviews of recent poetry collections; selected poems and art dealing with war/peace/social change; reviews of poetry readings; links to political commentary (particularly on conflicts in the Middle East); youtubed performances of music, demos, and other audio-video nuggets dealing with peaceful change, dissent and resistance.
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