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Fighting and Psychiatry

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Friday March 07, 2008 12:20author by Sean Crudden - imperoauthor email sean at impero dot iol dot ieauthor address Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Co Louth.author phone 087 9739945

Does psychiatric back-up improve the effectiveness of an army? Will it help to mitigate the effects of war? Is all war madness? Are psychiatrists and mental health professionals colluding in a chaotic and destructive adventure?

Politics? Morality? Opinion making? Is psychiatry conferring a status of rectitude and orthodoxy on the war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan? Obviously the wars are taking a toll on those involved in the military on the American side. Are those on the opposite side suffering as much? Or more? Will they cope better or worse in the long run? Is psychiatry more of a help than a hindrance? Do we all need "help" to fight our battles?

Related Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/troops_mental_health
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/86575

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