Dr Judith Guedalia

1. ACCIDENTAL DEATH: A NEW LOOK AT AN ANCIENT MODEL
(Matching tags: Accidental Death,Biblical Model Dedication,Mourning,Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

... selves. We use the model described in the Bible of the 'city of refuge,' a place defined as a sanctuary to protect the 'accidental killer.' Based on an understanding of the psychic trauma experienced by ...

2. Birkhat Ha’Gomel: Community Response to Acute Stress Disorder
(Matching tags: PIE,Sings,Thanksgiving for Salvation,Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment,CBT,Chronic Post Traumatic Stress,DSM-IV,Birkhat Ha’gomel,ASD,Acute Stress Disorder,Pharmacotherapy,Abreaction,Psychoeducation Technique,EMDR,PTSD,Guilt)

ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to propose the introduction of a communal ritual as a post trauma early intervention technique. There are specific community oriented methods for dealing with trauma ...

3. Out 'Darn' Spot: Another Case In A Neuropsychologist's Journal
(Matching tags: Jewish Press,Post-Traumatic Stress,EMDR)

         In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, plagued by guilt for her part in the killing of Duncan, utters the famous line "Out, Out  ['Darn'] Spot!" while in a state of almost manic sleepwalking. ...

4. We got him!
(Matching tags: Hyperactive,Hemiparetic,Aphasic,TBI,Nephrology,PDD,PTSD,Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

3/23/2004 "We got him!" That's what President Bush said with pride and relief.

5. This week I had a visitor
(Matching tags: Accute Stress,Re-traumatization,Trauma Symptoms,Alert)

This week I had a visitor.  I didn't recognize him immediately because it had been over two years since we had last met.   He was in Jerusalem for a wedding and just came by to say: "hello".

6. Moli's Story: The Heroism and Optimism of a Fifteen Year Old and Her Mother
(Matching tags: Epileptic Seizure,Brain Tumor,Trauma)

She was a cute 15 and a half year old teenager from a development town in the southern part of Israel.  She couldn't believe that her usually ‘strict' Moroccan born father and French-born, chic but very ...

7. There are many topics that are not easily spoken about, death is one of them.
(Matching tags: Accidents,Death,PTSD,Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,Shock,Numbness,Anger,Guilt,Depression,Process Of Healing/Acceptance,Family stress,Aftermath,Acceptance)

There are many topics that are not usually spoken about, death is one of them.   I imagine this ‘discomfort' with the topic stems from the fact that for each of us, someone's dying, brings to our awareness ...

8. Collateral Damage
(Matching tags: PTSD,Terrorist War,Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,Jewish Press,Collateral Damage,Piguah)

The term Collateral Damage is the military parlance for the damage and destruction of targets or personnel not considered as lawful; when it is used as a euphemism, it is defined as the inadvertent casualties ...