RT @AlexEdneyBrowne: Air Force, Running Low on Drone Pilots, Turns to Contractors in Terror Fight - "many [personnel] found to have PTSD" h…
How Drugs Have Been Used in Basically Every War Ever to Make Soldiers Better at Killing via
How Drugs Have Been Used in Basically Every War Ever to Make Soldiers Better at Killing via
RT @MAPS: PTSD sufferers are unable to escape from their traumatic MDMA-assisted psychotherapy may show them a way
RT @MAPS: PTSD sufferers are unable to escape from their traumatic MDMA-assisted psychotherapy may show them a way
a tendency to withdraw attention from threats that are perceived to have massive consequences/low probability
a tendency to withdraw attention from threats that are perceived to have massive consequences/low probability
RT @wikileaks: Action Man: Battlefield Casualties via @vfpukMore:
The UK is one of only nineteen countries worldwide, and the only EU member, that still recruits 16 year olds into its armed forces, (other nations include Iran and North Korea).
As Stress Drives Off Drone Operators, Air Force Must Cut Flights
The Air Force also has tried to ease the stress by creating a human performance team, led by a psychologist and including doctors and chaplains who have been granted top-secret clearances so they can meet with pilots and camera operators anywhere in the facility if they are troubled.
RT @the_intercept: Air Force forced to cut back on drone flights as its operators burn out (NYT)
The biggest problem is that a significant number of the 1,200 pilots are completing their obligation to the Air Force and are opting to leave, while a training program is producing only about half of the new pilots that the service needs, Colonel Cluff said in a recent interview.
Psychedelic Science: The surge in psychiatric research using hallucinogens
Research into the therapeutic potential of illegal "psychedelic" drugs to treat an assortment of mainstream mental health conditions is undergoing a modern-day renaissance.It's a new world and there is a greater need than ever for more effective treatment models for individuals for whom our conventional treatment models are often sorely lacking.
for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder May Be Studied:
“With so many veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a widely accepted need for a new treatment of PTSD,” said Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the psychedelic studies group. “These are people whom we put in harm’s way, and we have a moral obligation to help them.”