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Piers Bishop explains the rewind technique for treating PTSD

June 8th, 2007 · 10 Comments

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PTSD, phobias and trauma are NOT life long conditions, and can be treated quickly and easily with the rewind technique, a non voyeuristic and fast method of detraumatising both individual and extended traumatic events.
Piers Bishop, a Human Givens Practitioner who specialises in treating PTSD explains why the technique works, what happens during it, and how […]

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Tags: Post traumatic stress disorder · Nightmares · PTSD · Gulf War Syndrome · Rewind technique · Panic Attacks · Flashbacks · Anxiety · Depression · Youtube · Trauma · Iraq

Human Givens Journal - Issue 53

June 6th, 2007 · No Comments

The latest issue of the Human Givens Journal is now out.
Major articles
Angry Soldier, unstable diagnosis, unholy muddle: Traumatised servicemen and women are getting a raw deal because of squabblings over diagnoses, says Piers Bishop.
Extract:

“From being incandescent with rage, B, the soldier who was going beserk, now just feels regret about the lost time: ‘I […]

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Tags: Gulf War Syndrome · Rewind technique · Human Givens Journal · IVF treatment · Psychosis · PTSD · Education · Psychotherapy · Trauma · Post traumatic stress disorder · Iraq

Words from an Iraqi psychiatrist

March 23rd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Dr Haidr al-Maliki was as an army psychiatrist during Saddam Hussein’s regime.
He now works as a child psychiatrist at Ab Ibn Rushed Hospital in Baghdad. He lives with his wife and four children.
“There used to be about 80 psychiatrists in Iraq, now there are just 20 to 25.
And some of them will leave. […]

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Tags: Psychotherapist · Gulf War Syndrome · PTSD · Post traumatic stress disorder · BBC · War · Iraq

Fast treatment denied to traumatised soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan

March 12th, 2007 · 16 Comments

The 18-month wait endured by front line troops before they can get treatment for their panic attacks, anger outbursts, nightmares and flashbacks hit the headlines with a vengeance over the weekend.

However, many aspects of the story were not covered by journalists, for example, the scandal that “government guidelines recommend CBT for treating PTSD” when this […]

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Tags: middle east conflict · PTSD · Ministry of Defence · Human Givens · Rewind technique · Post traumatic stress disorder · Trauma · afghanistan · Iraq · NHS · Psychotherapy · Soldiers · News

The UK needs more than ‘Supernannies’

November 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments

A few weeks ago it emerged that the Youth Justice system in the UK has reached a crisis point - with literally only a few beds available.
In response, the Government is targeting parents with their £4 million “super nannies” scheme - which will install 80 child psychologists in high crime areas to teach parents good […]

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