Column: PTSD, The Moral Dimensions by Warren Kinghorn. USA Today. November 11, 2012.
In this column a Veterans Administration psychiatrist calls attention to the role of personal actions in contributing to the severity of PTSD. PTSD is not merely a matter of what happened to a soldier but what they did that may have violated their own personal moral or ethical core beliefs. In addition the author emphasizes that the cure to PTSD is not merely "technical" but also requires a supportive community that offers the "non-medical language of confession, repentance, and forgiveness."
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