tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post449826279487679487..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: The Government Wants To Help Veterans With PTSD -- By Putting Chips In Their BrainsRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-19208464634606225652014-06-01T11:04:21.392-04:002014-06-01T11:04:21.392-04:00Windy Wilson, the *actually* interesting is, does ...Windy Wilson, the *actually* interesting is, does it work better than what the U.S. is doing now?Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-41288249542906052772014-06-01T11:02:41.640-04:002014-06-01T11:02:41.640-04:00Eric, that was one of my reactions, too, that whoe...Eric, that was one of my reactions, too, that whoever pushed funding this was someone who saw <i>Serenity</i> and thought, "Hey, what a kewl idea!"Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-76717292535594098262014-06-01T10:09:21.656-04:002014-06-01T10:09:21.656-04:00They SAY it's about PTSD, but they're just...They SAY it's about PTSD, but they're just looking for an excuse to monkey with people's amygdalas in an attempt to create River Tam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-76235881565733289212014-06-01T00:42:51.215-04:002014-06-01T00:42:51.215-04:00It could be called the Uriah Chip.It could be called the Uriah Chip.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-47495026140279690742014-06-01T00:41:13.869-04:002014-06-01T00:41:13.869-04:00Well, if it works it could also cure a variety of ...Well, if it works it could also cure a variety of other problems besides PTSD. Say, units considered cowardly like the inexperienced National Guard units under General MacArthur in WW2, underfunded pensions, over crowding at the VA hospitals. . .<br /><br />Navigator, the interesting thing is that is very similar to how the Germans treated PTSD, Combat Fatigue, Shell Shock or whatever it was called. Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-17369743112258315702014-05-31T23:56:15.238-04:002014-05-31T23:56:15.238-04:00And willingness to use crude methods -- lobotomie...And willingness to use crude methods -- lobotomies, electroshock, etc.<br /><br /> Not trusting them.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-24582374256449251692014-05-31T23:56:12.244-04:002014-05-31T23:56:12.244-04:00And willingness to use crude methods -- lobotomie...And willingness to use crude methods -- lobotomies, electroshock, etc.<br /><br /> Not trusting them.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-55634915444464645712014-05-31T22:08:19.555-04:002014-05-31T22:08:19.555-04:00This would be more worrisome if it weren't for...This would be more worrisome if it weren't for the fact that yesterday's similar research went nowhere. Whatever happened to brainwashing? Whatever happened to brain probes? Whatever happened to the psychological techniques that would supposedly enable totalitarian governments to compel voluntary obedience?<br /><br />I won't more than mention that the neuroscience of human brains is particularly noted for pathetically-small samples and poor controls.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-20114492744291286842014-05-31T20:48:37.460-04:002014-05-31T20:48:37.460-04:00THE ISRAELIS DEVELOPED A SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE MILI...THE ISRAELIS DEVELOPED A SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE MILITARY MEDICINE THAT WORKS WHY CANT WE DO A SIMILAR PROGRAM HERE ?<br /><br />THE OBJECT IS TO RETURN THE PATIENT BE THEY A SOLDIER OR CIVILIAN TO A "NORMAL"CONDITION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE A "TALKING CURE" IS USED RARELY HEAVY PHARMACEUTICALS<br /><br />TREATMENT STARTS AT PLATOON LEVEL<br />WHERE THE MEDICS EVALUATE IF THE SOLDIER AFTER SOME INITIAL COUNSELING MAY BE RETURNED TO DUTY OR IS REFERRED TO HIGHER MEDICAL TREATMENT<br /><br />IF REFERRED TO THE BATTALION LEVEL THE SOLDIER IS SEEN BY A PSYCHIATRIST AGAIN THE IDEA IS TO RETURN THE PATIENT TO HIS UNIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE<br /><br />IF MEDEVACED THERE IS FAR LESS STIGMA ATTACHED WITH PTSD THEN IN THE UNITED STATES THE PERCEPTION IS THAT IN WAR BAD THINGS HAPPEN YOU EFFECTIVELY TREAT THE WOUNDED REGARDLESS OF THE INJURY<br /><br />THE ISRAELIS DONT HAVE A "VA" PER SE THEY HAVE THEIR SOLDIERS AND VETERANS TREATED IN DESIGNATED MEDICAL CENTERS FOR ACUTE CARE AND REHAB CENTERS FOR LONG TERM CARE AS IN OR OUT PATIENT AS NEEDED <br /><br />THEY HAVE BEEN IN A STATE OF WAR SINCE LONG BEFORE THEIR STATE WAS FOUNDED THEY HAVE GAINED EXPERIENCE IN TREATING CASUALTIES WE MIGHT LEARN FROMNAVIGATORnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-11794052668730844602014-05-31T16:30:06.038-04:002014-05-31T16:30:06.038-04:00Sounds like those who FEAR the Soldiers with PTSD ...Sounds like those who FEAR the Soldiers with PTSD need to have those Chips implanted in THEIR Brains.<br /><br />This smells a lot like all those stories/movies/shows about the "Crazy 'Nam Vet" from the '70s, you know, the ones the Uber-Libs started because ALL Military Personnel are Baby Killers who have been turned loose on Society?Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.com