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Summary & Response The article “Alternate PTSD Therapy for Vets Ruffles VA Feathers, but Shows Results” by Mark Brunswick, talking about a practice called EMDR, which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This therapy uses the senses to connect to what triggers the patient’s trauma disorder. This particular article relates to a National Guard vet named Katie Helmer, who served in a military hospital. Like many other veterans; Helmer realized she might have psychological trauma when returning home. For people with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), it can be hard to open up to a stranger, for EMDR there is minimal talking necessary. When she came home, she was offered free treatment through a pilot program that uses EMDR called The Veteran Resilience Program. Elaine Wynne runs this program; she created a team of 25 therapists and 30 veterans to try EMDR therapy. …show more content…

Like many military men, they joined when they were still boys (fresh out of highschool). They did not think about the issues they might have for the rest of their lives. So when you are 18 years old; high on adventure, and you get asked if you want to jump out of airplanes, you are going to say “Hell yeah!”. This is called the Airborne Division, you are selected to be apart of this group. Little did you know that you would have knee complications for the rest of your life and that the VA; the department who is supposed to be there supporting you, will not pay for therapy or surgery. In the article “Alternate PTSD Therapy for Vets Ruffles VA Feathers, but Shows Results” by Mark Brunswick, The Minneapolas VA said “We have not developed this service, and have instead focused our efforts on providing the highest quality services in PE (prolonged exposure) and CPT (cognitive processing therapy)”. Should the VA be concerned with highest quality or the most effective

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