The love of war: Vietnam and the traumatized veteran.
Many veterans treated for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) keep alive their war experiences because of their significance and meaning. For these veterans, combat was a positive as well as a negative experience. The authors suggest that many veterans suffer from PTSD because they are continuing to live out their war experiences and to hold onto the meaning of these experiences. Effective treatment requires these veterans to develop a competent peacetime self that incorporates the positive features of the warrior identity.
Bradshaw
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Colmery-O'Neil Veterans Administration Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas 66622.
Ohlde
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Horne
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D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare