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Blame 'Vicarious' PTSD

Trauma is infectious, Essig writes, and therapists can catch it

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2009 10:03 AM CST

(Newser) – When Todd Essig learned the Fort Hood shooter “was an Army psychiatrist who treats post traumatic stress disorder, himself on the cusp of deployment, I thought, ‘I’m not surprised.’” Why? Because there is a documented transfer of trauma disorders from...   Read full story »

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