Baltimore, MD (1888PressRelease)
June 09, 2007 - Who: Gene Eberts, Ph.D., Internationally Acclaimed Psychologist, Trainer and Combat Veteran, Director of the Optimum Health and Healing Network
What: Free public presentation:
Overcoming PTSD – Healing the Hidden Wounds of Combat
When: Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:00 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: St. Patrick’s Hall
Pennington Avenue
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Why: It has been estimated that 1 out of every 3 returning Iraq war veterans will struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For returning National Guardsmen the number is even worse, with 1 out of every 2 having symptoms of PTSD. Many of their family members will also suffer with what is being called Secondary PTSD. That’s over one-quarter of a million returning veterans and perhaps even more family members struggling with PTSD.
The Government Accountability Office recently found that only 22% of returning U.S. troops who showed signs of PTSD were referred by Pentagon healthcare providers for evaluation. Clearly this is a hidden wound that the government is either unwilling or unable to cope with.
Dr. Eberts will outline how this hidden wound is actually a result of physical changes in the brain, caused by the intense stress of combat. He will also demonstrate how we can re-grow these damaged areas of the brain.
Dr. Eberts is well qualified to offer this advice. In addition to serving in Viet Nam, he and his wife Penny were also invited by the Kuwaiti government in 1996 to come and teach their counselors and doctors how to heal the traumatic effects of the Iraqi invasion.
This is a free workshop that will help participants learn how to manage, prevent or reduce the stress in their lives, no matter what the source.
Contact: Dr. Eberts can be reached at 410-420-2826 or PTSD.Doctor ( @ ) comcast dot net dot
For information on this event, please call the Pro Bono Counseling Project at 877-323-5800
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