Inquiry about PTSD in Vietnam
From katej@marlboro.edu Mon Nov 10 16:19:57 2003
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:34:42 -0500
From: Kate Jellema <katej@marlboro.edu>
Reply-To: vsg@u.washington.edu
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: inquiry about PTSD in Vietnam
Dear group members:
I'm posting this message on behalf of an undergraduate student in Vermont who would like to find English-language materials about PTSD in Vietnam. Anyone with leads could reply directly to Ron (rdemers@marlboro.edu). Thank you.
Hi, my name is Ron Demers and I am a student at Marlboro College. I am about to start a research paper on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among Vietnam Veterans. What I am hoping to achieve is a comparison between U.S. Veterans and Vietnamese Veterans. I am looking for any articles or books based on studies of PTSD amongst Vietnamese soldiers after the Vietnam War and studies on the social effects of soldiers suffering from this disorder. If you can get a hold of any articles or books or any leads on this topic, could you e-mail me? This would be wonderful if it were to work out.
Thanks,
Ron Demers
rdemers@marlboro.edu
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Kate Jellema
23 Chapin Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
From MGilbert@ngcsu.edu Mon Nov 10 16:20:10 2003
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:01:47 -0500
From: Gilbert <MGilbert@ngcsu.edu>
Reply-To: vsg@u.washington.edu
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: inquiry about PTSD in Vietnam
If anyone needs assistance with an inquiry about PTSD-related questions, they can always refer to something I wrote that has the virtue of offering a history of the diagnosis and review of the literature, including women, Vietnamese etc., useful as a starting point. It is:
Gilbert, Marc Jason, "Lost Warriors: The Plight of Homeless Viet Nam Veterans," in Robert Slabey, (ed.) Viet Nam: From War to Peace (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 1996): 91-112.
I can supply a transcript on request via b/c email of _Lost Warriors_, a video I co-wrote and produced that was based on this study.
The MedPsych database, available in most libraries, is also useful.
Ironically, I did try to get official permission when I was in Viet Nam in 1995 to extend my study through research in Viet Nam, but I was discouraged from doing so and the SRV declined to show the finished film on Vietnamese TV. I quite understood their position, especially since I come from a country that so badly mishandled public discussion of Agent Orange and the Gulf War Syndrome. All governments are alike in this regard. By the way, if anyone ever sees it shown in Viet Nam, please let me know! We left some copies with agencies that might find it useful, so it could find a venue there and I might never hear of it, which is fine with me. AlI I care about is that it reaches people who might find it useful for healing.
Marc
Professor Marc Jason Gilbert
Department of History
North Georgia College and State University
Dahlonega, Georgia 30597
Phone: (706) 864-1911
Fax: (706) 864-1873
E-mail: mgilbert@ngcsu.edu