At 09:34 AM 3/3/98 +0000, you wrote:
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>Kerry Douglas wrote:
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>>Now for something quite controversial -- PTSD is very rarely found in
>>people that dont already have a personality disorder of some kind, and for
>>those prone - regardless of the psychological intervention, they will still
>>get PTSD.
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>You're not kidding when you say controversial. I think it would help those
>of us who are not trained clinical psychologists if you could define what
>you mean by personality disorder, and perhaps give us some examples. Two
>other things: are you saying that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is
>somehow heritable? And (I may have missed this earlier in the discussion)
>does your peer counseling address those with some stress but not PTSD, and
>how do untrained people discern the difference.
>It's an interesting topic I would like to hear more.
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