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Sebring, OH: Community Returning Veteran PTSD Program

by ilona

Little Sebring, OH is gearing up to offer its returning veterans a program of great importance. Robert Roerich, MD and Darla Hough have received approval from the local American Legion to use their space and resources for the first veteran and veteran family support group, tentatively called Veteran Freedom Fighters of America. Kick-off meeting is on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 from 7-9 p.m. All veterans and military family members are encouraged to participate in this program which will meet the 2nd Monday of every month (with an option to have additional meeting and support groups to be determined by its members). Contact ‘Doc’ Roerich if you have any questions.

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Sebring is a village of approximately 5,000 people in Mahoning County of northeastern Ohio. It is 5 miles east of Alliance, Ohio and 10 miles west of Salem, Ohio. I’m pleased to share preliminary details of their inspiring Veteran Freedom Fighters of America program (please check back for any additional updates as I receive them):

WHEN?

Kick-off meeting is on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 from 7-9 p.m. All veterans and military family members are encouraged to participate in this program which will meet the 2nd TUESDAY of every month (with an option to have additional meeting and support groups to be determined by its members).

WHERE?

American Legion Post #76
395 W California Ave
Sebring, OH 44672

Tom Noble- Commander
Ed Hartman- Vice Commander

Phone the American Legion Post # 76, Sebring, Ohio at (330) 938-9082 for driving directions to the post.

MISSION STATEMENT?

The Veteran Freedom Fighters of America (VFFA) support network was founded by a veteran’s wife and a psychiatrist who saw a growing need to provide a community based support network for our returning military back from Iraq and their families. With many veterans experiencing increased stress in the aftermath of war, a critical need was identified to help heal the unseen wounds of war by providing timely support. It takes a village to help our warriors transition from military to civilian life free of the social stigma of suffering from mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and suicidal or homicidal acts.

A key component of fighting for mental peace of mind is knowing when there is a problem in relationships with friends and family. VFFA will help veterans and families fight for themselves, armed with knowledge of what problems can occur. The support group will not judge or stigmatize anyone but provide a nurturing, healing environment in order to truly return home.

AGENDA?

I. Welcome by Darla Hough and Robert Roerich. Introductions among attendees of the meeting.

II. Informal discussion and timeline of what problems can occur with returning military and their families. Feedback of what members have experienced if they wish to share with the group.

III. Survey of what resources group members would want in the group, which may include:

* Printed and digital information handouts on depression, PTSD, and suicide for personal use.
* Distribution of a support group work book for member’s use.
* Information on problems with spouse or significant other and children affected by a veteran with PTSD.
* Stress management
* Anger management
* Resource manual for families on financial assistance, filing disability claims from the VA, health care and referrals to outpatient, hospital and crisis hotlines.
* Setting up peer and family support groups with group facilitator.
* Social activities and group functions, fund raisers, grant applications.
* Outreach and networking with others at the local, regional, state and national level to set up veteran and veteran family support networks.

CONTACT?

American Legion Post #76 will send out an invitation to their members in their newsletter informing them of their support in setting this veteran and veteran family community support network. A Salem, Ohio newspaper and others may also run a news story about this.

It is not necessary to contact anyone before coming, but if there are questions about the support network, ‘Doc’ Roerich will post about it on www.roadmind.com which has an announcement about this meeting. Additionally, you may contact the American Legion at (330) 938-9082 for directions or email ‘Doc’ at Roadmind University if you have any questions.

As the VA struggles to meet the increasing needs of our returning troops (alongside taking care of the those who’ve served in prior eras) more and more local and state efforts are being made to reach out and offer assistance. Programs like the one started up in Sebring, OH are vital to augment programs offered by the VA, providing yet another option and safety net for our returning troops and their families.

As Dr. Roerich says, “With the VA overwhelmed, understaffed and underfunded, getting the word out on the grass roots effort of concerned citizens and families to set up community based support networks in every hometown in America.”

Other local communities are pitching in to help their returning troops in targeted and unique ways including those found in Minnesota, Oregon, and New Jersey and Philadelphia to name a few.

Kudos to them all. And here’s to seeing more of this kind of thing pick up steam!

Source: http://ptsdcombat.blogspot.com/2006/04/sebring-oh-community-returning-veteran.html

“The biggest reason I did this interview is because I want people to know that PTSD is not something people come down with because they’re crazy. It’s an anxiety disorder, where you’ve experienced something so traumatic that you were close to death.”

“A lot of Vietnam vets suffered from PTSD, but nobody took the time to understand or help them. Now, some of those guys are living on the street. You look at their situation, and you think about what they did for their country and where they are now … that hurts.”

Source: ” Famous Face, Humble Heart” by Jim Warren, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER, Sun, Jan. 15, 2006

“A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” -Thucydides Greek historian (471 BC - 400 BC)

“I was originally supposed to become an engineer, but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me.”

“Experts are just trained dogs.”

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”

“Think outside the box. Your imagination is a preview of coming attractions.”
Albert Einstein

If the mind can be imagined as the figure above, with the red panel representing the senticon, or hot emotional mental image, and the blue panel as cool, healing logic, then; The brain seeks equilibrium between emotion residing in the older anterior cingulate, the dorso medial thalamus, and the periaqueductal central gray area of the brainstem, versus the logic of the newer pre-frontal cortex.

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=905

Roadmind University is actively recruiting Police and Veterans for a non-medication, new therapy based clinical trial for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Call us at 740-283-4520 to discuss your eligibility to participate in this new research. Leave a message on the recorder or with a secretary.

Research Protocol and eligibility requirements can be found at: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/3/emw114838.htm

Preventing Suicide Goal of New On-Line University

Steubenville, Ohio - December 27, 2002 - American psychiatric researcher Robert Roerich, M.D. debuts a new on-line university to help prevent suicide located at www.roadmind.com.

“Many people with hidden depression fall through the cracks of present mental health assessment. Relationships suffer, work days are lost, and social isolation can occur resulting in suicide, the most preventable form of death in the world,” Roerich stated.

Roadmind University is distinct from other on-line universities in that access is free to the public with the goal of helping people understand their mental imagery to reveal their hidden emotions and life conflicts.

A PowerPoint presentation entitled, “The Road Interview” asks a participant to describe what they see on an imaginary journey. By tapping into the unconscious in Freudian fashion, “The Road Interview” answer segment provides an interpretation of the participant’s answers by explaining what that person’s mental imagery means. The results are immediate and candid.

Psychologist Stefan C. Lita has statistically validated Dr. Roerich’s work in a pilot study performed in Romania.

Dr.Roerich’s suicide prevention mental imagery research was made possible with the collaboration of Romanian Government Psychologists who recently provided statistical validation of the Road Interview at two national conferences held in Romania in September 2002.

“The Romanian Psychologists tell me that this is the first time that a Freudian-based psychological test has been statistically validated, but more importantly, they are impressed with the immediate and powerful insight gained into a person’s mind using my method,” Roerich noted.

“My work is already being used in Romania to prevent suicide in the police and military,” Roerich stated. “Hopefully American mental health professionals will become aware of this new psychological interview in order to help people now.”

Dr. Roerich’s book, “Why You Feel How You Feel”, has been published in Romania for official use there in preventing suicide. More information is available on the Internet at www.roadmind.com.

The DSM IV criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Resource outlining DSV IV depression criterion.

http://www.mental-health-today.com/dep/dsm.htm