By Heather Stringer — 2016
How psychologists can help veterans forgive themselves and heal.
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The iconic scene when George C. Scott slaps the soldier with PTSD in Patton and calls him a “yellow-bellied coward” mirrors the historic and continued ambivalence of the military toward the psychological wounds of war.
We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.
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When Dave Roever was in the Navy during the Vietnam War, “resiliency” and “comprehensive soldier fitness” took a backseat to combat operations.