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military war simulations help ptsd soldiers

shared by Erin Waxman on 01 May 13 - No Cached

War simulations are being used by the military to mentally prepare and test soldiers for the stressful conditions they could face during war. Researchers hope to prevent future cases of PTSD among combat veterans through new initiatives they're testing now.
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the U.S. has had about 2.5 million soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an estimated 300,000 have been diagnosed with PTSD.
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The Department of Defense is spending millions of dollars to figure out effective ways to treat and, hopefully, prevent PTSD, Noonan said.
- Erin Waxman on 01 May 13
  
  very important investment. PTSD is a horrible illness and with so many soldiers developing it, we need to find a way to prevent it.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">very important investment. PTSD is a horrible illness and with so many soldiers developing it, we need to find a way to prevent it.</div>
  
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"These (simulations) are intended to expose the recruits to combat conditions to teach them that they can trust their training, that they can actually do their jobs, perform first aid, execute whatever orders they're supposed to be executing, under combat condition," he said. "It also introduces them to fear and stress under combat conditions."
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who tosses volunteers out of airplanes with sensors all over their bodies to try and understand why combat veterans develop PTSD.
- Erin Waxman on 01 May 13
  
  i'd be interested to read more about this
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">i'd be interested to read more about this</div>
  
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Parodi has found that some people possess an optimal fear response, which she calls the "warrior brain" — meaning they think clearly during a stressful period and once the stressful period ends, their fear response returns back to normal.
- Erin Waxman on 01 May 13
  
  I wonder how much this has to do with the sympathetic and parasympathetic parts of the nervous system.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I wonder how much this has to do with the sympathetic and parasympathetic parts of the nervous system.</div>
  
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"As far as to the application to preventing PTSD, I think what the military ultimately wants to do is to be able to develop and incorporate into their training program, similar to what the SEALS are doing, where you can expose recruits to stressful situations," he said. "But you also want to arm them with the psychological tools — that they need to recognize, that they need to function at maximum capacity during the stressful situation. And when it ends, they need to put it behind them and move on."
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But the current treatment has a success rate of just 40 percent.
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Erin Waxman on 01 May 13

PRI Public Radio International article talks about the use of war simulators BEFORE going into the war for soldiers to hopefully prevent them from getting PTSD in the future. Very interesting to see that doctors are trying to stop this illness even before the soldiers go into war.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">PRI Public Radio International article talks about the use of war simulators BEFORE going into the war for soldiers to hopefully prevent them from getting PTSD in the future. Very interesting to see that doctors are trying to stop this illness even before the soldiers go into war.</div>

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