as an important event, each war has a lasting effect on people's life and language for decades. some war consequences are in direct relation with end result (winning or losing) of the war and some others are the aftermath of the war itself. this essay discusses two points about the period following the war, considering iran-iraq war. first, death becomes a routine. it will be internalized ...

I was at the 2012 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law meeting in Montreal last fall when Dr. Stephen Xenakis spoke on the role of psychiatry in 21st century warfare. He described torture in the military and the role of psychiatrists as leaders at times that exacted heavy costs personally and professionally. He discussed the moral dilemmas psychiatrists face in working with the military a...

More than 600,000 prisoners are released from incarceration each year in the United States, and most end up residing in metropolitan areas, clustered within a select few neighborhoods. Likely consequences of this concentration of returning prisoners include higher rates of subsequent crime and recidivism. In fact, one-half of released prisoners return to prison within only 3 years of release. T...

SUMMARY After a short reference to Iran-Iraq war as a motivating factor for the present study, the issues of battle stress and psychological wounds of war ar discuused. Reactions of the world armies 10 psychological breakdown of soldiers, military psychotherapy, therapy in combat zone and its developmental process through Civil war, Crimean war, first and Second world wars, Korean and Vietnam ...

A hunger striking inmate is not sick. He is an individual who chooses to express his protest, his position, to achieve personal, political or other goals by refusing food. A hunger striker is willing to jeopardize his own health, and even bring about his own death, as the only personal tool of protest available to someone incarcerated. An inmate in this case generally will not request that a do...