Resilience is a survival skill in its own way. From The Telegraph:
A scheme to build the emotional resilience of American soldiers has been established as rates of suicide and depression rise.
Commanders have introduced the $117m initiative to help troops handle their stress before it becomes debilitating and leads to mental illness.
From October 1 all active-duty, reserve and National Guard soldiers will be required to take a “resiliency” test to assess their emotional, spiritual and physical state.
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My Comment: This is an improvement from what was being done before .... which appears to not have been enough.
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At last, a government and military that is taking this stuff seriously. I have been working on emotional resilience for a number of years. One of the things we have noticed with the groups of soldiers we have have been helping before they go into combat is that they tend not to suffer from initial combat shock. Fewer of them freeze in first time combat situations and they tend also to report being more aware of what is happening during engagements than the new soldiers who haven’t been through the programme. Additionally there is a significant reduction in post combat stress and PTSD as a result. Dr. D. Wilkinson
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