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PTSDhelp Newsletter for February 2011
First can I say thank you to all therapists who are helping our service men and women during their difficult times and extend my gratitude for your help on their behalf.
The Forums:
While long awaited are now live, all therapist who are already on site will receive their log in codes via separate email. Over the next 2 or 3 days I look forward to hearing what you have to say.
Panorama Wednesday 9th February:
Colonel Tim Collins, meets the soldiers who return home only to find that their service counts for little on their return home. This Panorama special, meets veterans who struggle to find work and housing. Colonel Collins sleeps rough on the streets of Brighton with a former soldier who has spent much of the past six years either on the streets or in jail. He meets veterans who fear for their sanity as they suffer flashbacks, night terrors and violent outbursts and talks to families who struggle to cope with the husbands and fathers who went to war, only to come home as strangers. Without spin and without an agenda this is worth watching
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yk329
0800 free phone number:
I am constantly trying to find ways of promoting and taking our site further, and following a very generous offer, we have been able to provide a revenue stream for the PTSDhelp site and at the same time providing you with a useful business tool. The numbers group have made available a contract free pay as you go 0800 free phone number, which can be diverted to their mobile. Find out how this offer can benefit you business or practice by following this link http://www.ptsdhelp.co.uk/free%20phone.html . This offer includes identifying withheld numbers email notification of missed calls and voice messages. If you know of anyone who would like their own 0800 free phone number, please direct them to the free phone offer page.
David Cameron:
The prime minister has been in the news making comment specifically about PTSD the condition is now becoming recognised in a lot more of its manifestations the link below gives a some good articles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/8050836/Combat-
More testimonials needed:
We are now starting to build a collection of testimonials and comments from both therapists and clients regarding their experiences with complementary and alternative treatment for PTSD issues. Please keep them coming. I will also be looking for individual experiences via the forum so please point people in our direction www.ptsdhelp.co.uk .
Alpha stim:
In November, I introduced the Alpha Stim to the PTSD help website there is now a lot more evidence and data on how this device can improve some treatment protocols for PTSD and other anxiety related issues. http://www.ptsdhelp.co.uk/thealphastim.html
PTSD Resolution conference 5 February 2011:
This is the first national forum for qualified therapists and other professionals engaged in treatment and management of care for UK veterans and reservists of the armed forces affected by military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a unique opportunity for therapists to meet with their peers from across the UK to review the latest developments in therapeutic treatment of PTSD a separate announcement will be distributed as soon as it is available.
Military records ‘should be available to doctors’:
DOCTORS should have access to the military record of veterans as well as their medical
history, an influential committee of AMs has reported. Such a move would help diagnose
cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more quickly, claims the National
Assembly’s health, wellbeing and local government Committee. The report from the
cross-party group of AMs says that gaps in veterans’ medical notes caused by the
Ministry of Defence not disclosing information were resulting in many veterans with
PTSD being misdiagnosed. Read more here……
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-
aftermathptsd.co.uk:
John Mc Dermott, award winning artist and founder of www.aftermathptsd.co.uk aims to remove the stigma attached to combat related posttraumatic stress disorder, by creating a bridge of understanding between sufferers and the community and raising national public awareness of this condition using visual art. Reciprocal links are being established between ourselves to raise awareness of what we want to achieve on behalf of our service men and women his website has some stunning images well worth a look.
PTSDhelp logo:
Members have asked for a standardised logo they can use on their websites. The attached Jpeg file is the recognised image for the website if you do use it on your site please link back to the home page www.ptsdhelp.co.uk. The more people who use the logo on their websites the higher our ranking will become on the search engines.
An interesting concept that has been discussed is utilising of the British legion network of clubs to provide a treatment facility, if anyone has attachment or contacts in the British legion it may be worth approaching the club steward or president to organise a monthly drop in evening, let me know of any feedback on this idea.
I keep hearing that we as alternative and complementary therapists are making very generous offers of our time and expertise to some high profile government sponsored charities’ that are supposed to have the best interests of our service men at their core. These offers usually equate to free client facing time on a regular monthly basis. What is disturbing is these offers are routinely dismissed out of hand often without even a reply. If you can provide me with your experience of these offers being declined please let me know. I feel that it is not only letting down our servicemen and women by making decisions about what help they can have, but the bigger consideration is, are the powers that be trying to contain an ever growing problem, and if so why? I will also launch this question on the forum
Once again thank you for your support
With my best regards.
Marc Bishop.
