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jim Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:27:30 -0500 > From: li...@frontline.org > To: jmat...@hotmail.com > Subject: FRONTLINE - The Soldier's Heart - Tuesday, February 24th at 9pm on > PBS (check local listings) > > FRONTLINE > http://www.pbs.org/frontline/ > > - This Week: "The Soldier's Heart" (60 minutes), Feb. 24th at 9pm on PBS > (Check local listings) > > ---- > > With the U.S. Army now reporting a record number of suicides - the highest > since 1980, when it began tracking the rate - we offer an encore broadcast of > "The Soldier's Heart" this Tuesday night (check local listings). > > In this emotional, one-hour film--praised by the Chicago Tribune for > "exploring in depth the challenges that bedevil even well-meaning counselors, > in and out of the military, trying to help returning veterans of the war in > Iraq"-- producer Raney Aronson explores the psychological toll of war on > combat soldiers who've returned home, and investigates whether the military > has been doing enough to help them. > > "This is the most damaging type of war psychiatrically," combat veteran and > counselor Jim Dooley tells FRONTLINE. "You have no protection anywhere at all > times... And you're also witnessing death at an incredibly close range. When > you are finally back here, and you make connection with your safety, which is > your family--that's when you begin to vibrate with the fact of where you > were." > > "Nobody comes back from combat unchanged," a top Defense Department official > in charge of mental health tells FRONTLINE. "[Soldiers] will have > expectations about what their families are going to be like. Their families > have expectations about what they're going to be like. And the one thing that > is absolutely true about all of those expectations is that all of them are > going to be wrong." > > We hope you'll join us Tuesday night. In the meantime, visit our Web site to > sample the report online, read some of the hundreds of letters we've received > about the film, and get updates on the soldiers we profiled, and how the > military is dealing with this ongoing issue. > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/ > > Ken Dornstein > Senior Editor > > > ------------------------ > > Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers. Major > funding for FRONTLINE is provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur > Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Park Foundation. > > ------------------------ > > FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of the WGBH Educational Foundation. > > ---------------------------- > > We're always happy to hear from our viewers. If you have a question or > comment about a FRONTLINE program, about our website, or about this bulletin, > you can write to us directly by going to: > http://www.pbs.org/frontline/contact/ > > ---------------------------- > > FRONTLINE > one guest street, boston, ma. 02135 > http://www.pbs.org/frontline/ > > You're subscribed to the FRONTLINE Bulletin as: jmat...@hotmail.com. If you > feel you've received this email in error or you wish to unsubscribe for any > reason, please go to http://www.pbs.org/frontline/join/ and fill out the > "unsubscribe" section. We cannot process requests to unsubscribe via email. > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
