General Schwarzkopf’s autobiography opens with the mention that he was shaped by emotion – by Vietnam and his mother’s alcoholism as much as by his father being a general (x). And I wonder now if it it was his experience in Vietnam that led to what I would consider a “conservative” approach to Desert Shield…
In The Unthinkable, Amanda Ripley describes how people who are in the middle of a disaster tend to “collect” things, such as carrying a stapler down dozens of flights of stairs in the World Trade Center on September 11th (citation). She also talks about how flight attendants are can more effectively calm people (or at least control…
Williams, Rush, et al. “Borderline Personality Disorder and Military Sexual Trauma: Analysis of Previous Traumatization and Current Psychiatric Presentation.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence (2015): 1-14. Sage. Web. 21 July 2015. From the Abstract: …veterans with comorbid MST[military sexual trauma]-related PTSD and BPD [Borderline Personality Disorder] had significantly greater PTSD criterion B (avoidance) symptoms, depressive symptomatology, and…
Gil, Sharon and Michael Weinberg. “Secondary trauma among social workers treating trauma clients: The role of coping strategies and internal resources.” International Social Work 58.4 (2015): 551-61. Sage. Web. 21 July 2015. From the Abstract: A hierarchical regression analysis revealed that emotion-focused and avoidance coping strategies, previous history of exposure to a traumatic event, and…
