| Sleep my sons, your duty done...for
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| | mental disorders are some of the issues
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| freedom's light has come.
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| | that afflicted thousands of war veterans.
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| Sleep in the silent depths of the sea or
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| | One significant problem that is common
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| in your bed of hollowed sod.
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| | among war veterans is Post Traumatic
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| Until you hear at dawn the low clear
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| | Stress Disorder (PTSD). During World War
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| reveille of God.
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| | I, PTSD was called "shell shock," and on
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| The poem is inscribed on the monument to
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| | World War II, it was referred to as
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| the Pacific War Dead, in Corregidor,
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| | "combat fatigue." After the Vietnam War,
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| Philippines. The huge dome-shaped Pacific
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| | it was often mistakenly called the Post
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| War Memorial in Corregidor resembles a
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| | Vietnam Syndrome. Indeed, the
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| vintage World War II parachute, from the
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| | understanding and effective treatment of
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| parallel lines running down the dome's
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| | PTSD were actually described in the
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| side to a hole right at its center. The
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| | psychiatric literature well before the
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| memorial shrine was funded by the
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| | Vietnam War. A psychiatrist from Harvard
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| Americans and it is positioned in such a
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| | Medical School, Dr. Eric Lindemann at
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| way that on May 6 of every year, the high
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| | Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston,
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| noon sun that shines directly through the
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| | was the first to report on the systematic
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| hole falls right straight in the middle
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| | management of PTSD. He did this work
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| of a round marble altar dedicated to
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| | after the Coconut Grove fire and tragedy
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| fallen soldiers in the last war.
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| | in the 1940s.
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| Corregidor comes from the Spanish word
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| | A significant number of soldiers suffer
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| "corregir," meaning to correct. One story
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| | lingering distress from the trauma they
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| states that due to the Spanish system
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| | endured while overseas. And the trauma
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| wherein all ships entering Manila Bay
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| | can stay with them for the rest of their
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| were required to stop and have their
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| | lives, preventing them from sleeping
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| documents checked and corrected, the
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| | normally, facing large crowds, focus or
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| island was called "Isla del Corregidor"
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| | commit in a relationship, or even looking
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| (Island of the Correction). Another
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| | at a simple garbage bag without worrying
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| version claims that the island was used a
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| | that a bomb might be hidden inside.
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| penitentiary or correctional institution
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| | PTSD can be seen as an overwhelming of
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| by the Spanish and came to be called "El
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| | the body's normal psychological defenses
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| Corregidor."
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| | against stress. Thus, after the trauma,
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| In early and pre-hispanic times, it was
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| | there is an abnormal function
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| likely populated by fishermen and no
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| | (dysfunction) of the normal defense
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| doubt provided a base for pirates who
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| | systems, which results in certain
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| could easily launch an attack against any
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| | symptoms. The symptoms are produced in
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| vessel entering Manila Bay. During the
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| | three different ways: (1) re-experiencing
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| Spanish era, this tadpole-shaped island
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| | the trauma, (2) persistent avoidance and
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| was a signal station where bonfires were
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| | (3) increased arousal.
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| lit to alert Manila of a homecoming
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| | Fortunately today, unlike 50 years ago,
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| galleons. Later on, Spaniards built a
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| | support is available for military
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| lighthouse on the island.
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| | personnel experiencing PTSD. Acting on
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| The big guns of Corregidor in 1941 were
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| | lessons learned from World War II and
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| used in support of Filipino and American
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| | other conflicts, the military and other
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| defenders of Bataan until the island
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| | government agencies of countries such as
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| itself was invaded by Japanese Forces.
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| | the United States have focused on early
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| The restless pounding by Japanese guns
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| | intervention of PTSD among active-duty
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| including intermittent bombings reduced
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| | soldiers. They offer counseling to
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| its defenses and compelled its surrender.
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| | prepare service members for overseas duty
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| On January 22, 1945, Corregidor was once
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| | and send teams of chaplains and other
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| again caught in the fury of war as the
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| | mental health personnel into the field.
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| Americans retook the island after a
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| | It is indeed comforting to know that the
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| bloody battle.
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| | various methods of treatment for PTSD are
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| After more than 50 years, Filipinos, as
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| | highly effective. Moreover, there are
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| well as American war veterans, still
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| | trained clinicians experienced at
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| remember their history by heart about the
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| | handling the difficult problems of
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| fall of Corregidor to the Japanese.
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| | posttraumatic stress. But, of course, we
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| However, not only did the Fall of
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| | hope that we will never have to
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| Corregidor left a mark on the war
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| | experience a repeat of the appalling
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| veterans, wars also left them many
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| | tragedy of non-sense fightings such as
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| serious problems and illnesses. Memory
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| | what transpired at the Fall of
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| problems, chronic fatigue, depression,
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| | Corregidor.
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| stress and other mysterious ailments and
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