Posts Tagged ‘post-traumatic stress disorder’
By jasonmaddox On September 18th, 2014
While the church is making progress on recognizing and providing support to those who experience mental illness, there is still a great amount of work to be done. PTSD has faced recent struggles with being appropriately recognized within the Christian community, especially as numerous evangelists have proclaimed that “Good Christians” can’t experience post-traumatic stress disorder…
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By jasonmaddox On August 19th, 2014
Last Thursday, August 14, 2014, Michael Bruns spoke about moral injuries at Brookhaven Hospital’s RENEWAL Pastoral Seminar series. Mike is a Brain Injury Case Manager for the Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute with a background in working with people with brain injuries including: military veterans, the homeless, incarcerated people and individuals who have survived disasters like the…
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By jasonmaddox On May 16th, 2014
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is believed to affect over 2.3 million American veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars alone, adding to an estimated total of 24.4 million Americans thought to have PTSD at any time. Unfortunately, up to half of those dealing with the signs of PTSD don’t seek help for many of the…
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