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[Michael Paris]

Found this on Yahoo News this morning:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_re_us/warrior_mind


Mind training helps troops with combat, then PTSD

By KEVIN MAURER, Associated Press Writer /Tue Oct 7, 6:58 AM ET/

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The explosion of practice mortars sent Army Spc. 
Kade Williams into panic attacks, and nightmares plagued his sleep. The 
ravages of post-traumatic stress had left the veteran of the war in 
Afghanistan vulnerable, and he was desperate for help.

But sitting silently on the floor with his eyes closed while listening 
to a soft-spoken instructor tell him to find a focal point by pressing 
on his lower stomach as guitar music hums in the background? That seemed 
a bit far-out.

Until he tried it.