The National Mental Health Association decided it was time for a makeover and a renewed agenda. With a new logo and a fresh website, the NMHA changed its name to Mental Health America.
Mental Health America said the name change is designed to better reflect the …
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I’m hearing that the millitary is more aware of “psychological trauma” affecting more of our troops and the recognition of PTSD affects. But, there is a lack of awareness of another factor that can contribute to stress – the violence of war fighting.
I served as a marine rifleman in Viet Nam, 1968-69. I’ve read much Viet Nam war literature and published a collection of war poetry, On The Way to Khe Sanh, (three of which appeared in The Iowa Review, Spring 2005), and a memoir, Nam Au Go Go – Falling for the Vietnamese Goddess of War.
for a glimpse, go to http://www.johnakins.net
Nam Au Go Go is different. It talks about something no one I can find has written about – what violence does to war fighters. How, if combat soldiers and marines see too much, do too much, they can cross a threshold into an adaptation to violence and become addicted to it. When your emotional self is killed off by the insanity of war, survivors of this addiction have a hard time re-connecting with society. Combat is a one-way door. Once you go through, you cannot go back. You are changed.
Find Nam Au Go Go on booksellers’ websites.
e: jacolesdad@comcast.net