Word: trauma
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...country was being left behind by new experiments in Poland, Hungary and even East Germany. But if tradition served as a goad to some, it was lack of a historical memory that helped spur on others. The generation of Czechoslovaks now coming of age did not experience the trauma of the invasion -- and the fear of provoking a new crackdown. Said Martin Mejstrik, a leader of the university strike: "Our parents are still frightened. We are also frightened sometimes, but we have less to lose...
...recruited his daughter, then barely in her teens, to be his partner in his nightclub act. Leaming contends that he also sexually abused her. The evidence here is spotty, based solely on Welles' word that Hayworth once admitted as much to him. But as a working hypothesis, the trauma of incest may explain a lifetime of otherwise inexplicable, self- destructive blunders...
...days when stress, strain, trauma and fatigue are tracked down as the roots of everything from bulimia to heart disease to addictive-compulsive behavior, one Connecticut professor argues that an even quicker route to the clinic lies through the ivory tower...
...blunting mental trauma is counseling. Survivors need to be assured that their reactions are normal and expected. Talking to family and friends is encouraged, but often it is not enough. Says Susan Solomon, coordinator of the National Institute of Mental Health's emergency and disaster research program: "The thing that makes disasters particularly damaging is that the people you normally turn to for help are also victims." Many Alaskans affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill last March are finding professional help useful. In the three months after the accident, the number of people seeking assistance at the Valdez Counseling...
...rushed to the scene from Oakland hospitals made a tough decision. "The mother is in the way, O.K.?" said intern Daniel Allen. "We're going to take a chain saw through the body to get to him." Even after that macabre operation, the boy was still trapped. Only when trauma surgeon James Betts amputated his right leg could Julio be freed. "He was moving and crying out," Betts explained later. "We couldn't just leave him there...