A new way to treat military personnel with PTSD

This is not new and will not work unless they do it all the way through. Getting them to "relive" the experiences they had in combat will not work if they are allowed to only focus on what has already been frozen in their minds. They have been trying everything for 40 years but never once putting all the data together to take what has worked and combine them.

A new way to treat military personnel with PTSD
Updated: Friday, 09 Nov 2012
Jocelyn Maminta

(WTNH) -- What works best when it comes to treating military personnel with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? A UConn study is looking into answering that.

News 8 sat down with Dr. Julian Ford, the lead researcher for the study.

He is comparing the widely used PTSD psychotherapy to a newer one which focuses more on how to manage highly charged emotions, so soldiers are better able to transition to life back home.

The number of men and women coming from home Iraq and Afghanistan with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is often under-reported. Equally concerning is the number of them who do not seek treatment.

"Many of them are skeptical about any psychological treatments," said Dr. Ford.

Treatments that Dr. Ford says require them to re-live traumatic experiences on the war front.

That's why he developed a therapy at UConn Health Center enabling soldiers to overcome that heightened readiness of threat and survival.
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