Army’s New PTSD Treatments: Yoga, Reiki, ‘Bioenergy’
“Music, animal-facilitated therapy, art, dance/movement, massage therapy, EMDR [Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing] program evaluation, virtual reality, acupuncture, spiritual ministry, transcendental meditation, [and] yoga,” might all be considered worth of the military’s largess. So would “biologically-based treatments, botanicals, and nutritional supplements for enhancing cognitive function and mood in patients with trauma spectrum disorders, including TBI and/or PTSD, depression, anxiety, and/or substance dependence/abuse.” Even proposals for wild-sounding “therapies using bioenergies such as Qi gong, Reiki, distant healing and acupuncture” would be accepted.
Military spending that even Michelle would approve of.
March 26th, 2008 at 6:20 am
It is about time that the Western world accept something other than just drugging their citizens. You are right Aaron, I approve. Ally, do you think they have horses and watertherapy? Maybe some dolphins?!!
March 26th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Would you recommend animal therapy for the guy who threw a puppy over a cliff. Maybe if he had more time for Jazz fingers, that might improve his disposition.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I’m glad this stuff is getting out there for people who need it while the modalities get some legitimacy from the government.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:42 am
“Look, if you can’t fix it with a prescription, you’re obviously not spending enough on pharmacalogical research and you don’t support the troops. Therefore you hate America. I can’t believe you pink-o-liberals.” he says with sarcasm.