US military veterans' perceptions of the conventional medical care system and their use of complementary and alternative medicine.

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BACKGROUND:

Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is growing quickly in the USA, prompting hypotheses about why people turn to CAM. One reason for increasing use of CAM modalities may be dissatisfaction with the conventional care system. However, recent studies suggest that dissatisfaction is not a major factor.

OBJECTIVES:

This paper provides another perspective on the possible relationship between dissatisfaction with conventional care and the use of CAM.

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The longitudinal course of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among aging military veterans.

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Posttraumatic Re-experiencing in Older People : Working through or Covering up?

This paper is about the therapeutic approach to older people who suffer from war trauma experienced at an earlier age. Special attention is paid to posttraumatic re-experiencing and its role in treatment. First, a few examples of posttraumatic re-experiencing are described. These examples will be used to briefly illustrate some interpretation models, before devoting particular attention to one of them: the psychodynamic interpretation model. Then principles of therapy are discussed.

 

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