04-28-2008, 02:37 PM
Ave,
I agree it may be like trying to chase a rat down a hole to determine if the Legions suffered from PTSD. But I can offer a few observations. PTSD is directly related to cultural expectations. In other words if you are expected to commit mayhem for the state and culturally attuned to that, then the incidence of PTSD would be minimal. It would most likely surface on the losing side of the civil wars. ...and then it would not have been recognized as such. Most likely then, described as a curse from the gods for disloyalty to the state.
Straying a bit off topic, but I can provide direct observations on the Croatians through their resettlement program. They place the highest emphasis on psychological counseling for their resettled personnel. No other nation in the Balkans comes close to the amount of psychological support and counseling these troops get. The IOM estimated that at least 45% of the resettled veterans with agricultural and small business programs would have failed without continued psychological support.
Regards from the Balkans, Arminius Primus aka Al
I agree it may be like trying to chase a rat down a hole to determine if the Legions suffered from PTSD. But I can offer a few observations. PTSD is directly related to cultural expectations. In other words if you are expected to commit mayhem for the state and culturally attuned to that, then the incidence of PTSD would be minimal. It would most likely surface on the losing side of the civil wars. ...and then it would not have been recognized as such. Most likely then, described as a curse from the gods for disloyalty to the state.
Straying a bit off topic, but I can provide direct observations on the Croatians through their resettlement program. They place the highest emphasis on psychological counseling for their resettled personnel. No other nation in the Balkans comes close to the amount of psychological support and counseling these troops get. The IOM estimated that at least 45% of the resettled veterans with agricultural and small business programs would have failed without continued psychological support.
Regards from the Balkans, Arminius Primus aka Al
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aka ( Al Fuerst)
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