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Center Creates 'Little Miracles' in Treating Combat Stress

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

FORT BLISS, Texas, May 9, 2008 - A revolutionary treatment program here is demonstrating 'little miracles' as it gives new hope to soldiers afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder who want to stay in the Army, its director reports.

The new program is the brainchild of clinical psychologist John E. Fortunato, who uses a holistic approach to treating PTSD at the new Fort Bliss Restoration and Resilience Center.

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US Army supports use of Reiki for PTSD

Army's New PTSD Treatments: Yoga, Reiki, 'Bioenergy'
By Noah Shachtman March 25, 2008

The military is scrambling for new ways to treat the brain injuries and post-traumatic stress of troops returning home from war. And every kind of therapy 'no matter how far outside the accepted medical form' is being considered. The Army just unveiled a $4 million program to investigate everything from "spiritual ministry, transcendental meditation, [and] yoga" to "bioenergies such as Qi gong, Reiki, [and] distant healing" to mend the psyches of wounded troops.

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Reiki healing for children - From The Times February 23 2008

Using an ancient healing art, one mother says she found a way to calm her boisterous son - Julie Cross investigates.

By the age of 4, Jake's life was pretty stressful. His parents had broken up when he was 18 months old and he was spending half the week with his father and half with his mother, Kerry Geldart. He had never slept well, but now he was waking three or four times every night, calling anxiously for his mum.

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Children receive spiritual healing on NHS - From The Independant March 13 2005

London hospital appoints 'energy channeler' to help young leukaemia patients with side-effects of chemotherapy - Julia Stuart.

Graham King stood last week at a hospital bed and placed his hands gently on the head of a 12-year-old boy suffering from leukaemia. He slowly moved his hands to the boy's chest. Using the power of cosmic energy, Mr King was helping to heal him.

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