[tips] US Armed Forces planning to use Training in Positive Psychology to offset PSTD

2009-08-18 Thread Joan Warmbold
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/health/18psych.html?em Thought this article reveals a relatively enlightened perspective in some in our armed forces. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] US Armed Forces planning to use Training in Positive Psychology to offset PSTD

2009-08-18 Thread Jim Clark
Hi It appears to me that important evaluative steps are being ignored or inadequately dealt with in this proposed program. They've already decided that millions will receive the training when there is limited reason to believe the program will be effective, unless one thinks it is valid to

Re: [tips] US Armed Forces planning to use Training in Positive Psychology to offset PSTD

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Brandon
And of course, it's an attempt to fudge the real problem -- multiple tours of combat duty. If we're going to fight two wars, we need a much larger army to spread the load. In other words, a draft. On Aug 18, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Jim Clark wrote: Hi It appears to me that important evaluative