Comments on: Cultural Aspects of PTSD, Part II: Narrative and Healing

By: .....sleeprunning

.....sleeprunning — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:48:07 +0000

This seems equivalent to saying that heart disease should be treated different culturally based on language and socio-cultural conventions! Why would brain impairments be culturally determined any more than any other organ/physiological system? Because of consciousness and language? Epiphenomenal.

By: PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury: Trauma Inside Out « Neuroanthropology

PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury: Trauma Inside Out « Neuroanthropology — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:15:57 +0000

[...] Such a ‘physical’ approach has its benefits. For example, most of the soldiers I worked with were highly resistant to talk and other ‘interior’ kinds of therapy while they relished the idea of treatments which work on the mind through the body. Medication does that, but so do things like Virtual Reality Exposure therapy. (For more background on the causes and treatments for PTSD in soldiers, see Erin Finley’s terrific posts here and here). [...]

By: Anthropologists Discuss Veterans Issues «

Anthropologists Discuss Veterans Issues « — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:34:12 +0000

[...] at the start of May. In the meantime, Neuroanthropology.net offers a series of articles (1, 2, 3) on veterans and post-traumatic stress [...]

By: Is Facebook rotting our children’s brains? « Neuroanthropology

Is Facebook rotting our children’s brains? « Neuroanthropology — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:34:07 +0000

[...] My responses: 1) Anthropologists and others have long argued that ‘narrative’ is imposed on events, and may be created by the narrator or by the listener. For example, I might invent a ‘narrative’ about my blogging ‘career,’ creating coherence out of non-cumulative and loosely connected events. ‘Narrative’ is not inherent in events themselves but in the significance that we ascribe to those events (for example, see Erin Finley’s excellent post, Cultural Aspects of PTSD, Part II: Narrative and Healing). [...]

By: Forever at War: Veterans’ Everyday Battles with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder « Neuroanthropology

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:56:29 +0000

[...] told their husbands or wives. In the group they are getting these things out in a sensible manner. Telling their stories [...]

By: Role of Emotions in Brain Function « Neuroanthropology

Role of Emotions in Brain Function « Neuroanthropology — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:13:23 +0000

[...] disorder (PTSD) is one example where powerful emotional memories can trigger abnormal behaviour. PTSD can appear after a particularly traumatic period or life-event. It doesn’t always appear [...]

By: Cultural Aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Thinking on Meaning and Risk « Neuroanthropology

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:24:46 +0000

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By: epfinley

epfinley — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:31:10 +0000

This is not something I’ve heard about, but I’m very interested. Can you point me to the studies you have in mind? I would love to read more.

By: John Garrett

John Garrett — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:31:31 +0000

Just a question, have you explored the Emotional Freedom Technique? It has been successfully used around the world in the treatment of PTSD. There is a lot of data and several studies that show that EFT is a viable and worthwhile process.