Fearless Nation PTSD Support Virtual Community

Second Life can help people in many ways. One way it can is allowing people to reach out to a person or persons for help. For those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, one group they can contact is Fearless Nation. The Newser recently met up with it's director Anya Iborm who had much to say about the group. She also had a request, volunteers for a study on PTSD,

Read the story in People.

Press Release: PTSD Discussion at the SL10B

PTSD Recovery in Second Life
NeuroPsychology & Virtual Worlds for Trauma Care

THURSDAY - 20th JUNE - 2013
12 PM SLT (PST)

Presented by Anya Ibor, RL's Colleen M. Crary, M.A. (Forensic Psychology).

PTSD is a complex, hard-to-treat condition plagued with stigma, misdisgnosis, and a credibility problem with the general public. Join PTSD expert Colleen crary (Anya Ibor in SL) for a 1-hour presentation and discussion of why PTSD happens, how it alters brain structure, and what we can do do help those with psychological trauma recover and blend back into their communities.
Brief presentation followed by audience Q&A.

What is PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder?
Why do some people get it?
How does it happen?
What happens to the brain and other organ systems under stress?

See you at the event's most engaging discussion!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL10B%20Astonish/52/40/23


A legal 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Maine, USA
Presents Its Virtual Program: The Acorn2Oak PTSD Recovery Community.

For more information, check the website at http://www.acorn-to-oak.org , email the group at corn2oak@outlook.com , contact Spirit Pleides inworld, or check out the group's inworld location at Acorn2Oak (139, 115, 22)