European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 1, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7awaits War scare aimed at preserving fighting strength by Robert Dvorchak the associated press it was called Soldier s he Art in the civil War. Gas in the two world wars knew it As Shell Shock and Battle fatigue. After Vietnam diagnostic manuals listed it As Post traumatic stress disorder. But by whatever name the military expects less of it from operation desert storm than from Vietnam. The persian Gulf War was relatively Brief and Only a Small percentage of troops saw combat. Returning veterans were cheered As heroes by an adoring Public. But stress can come from just being in harm s Way toting a Gas mask every Day for seven months and ducking scud missiles. A people who go to War done to Ever come Baek unscathed a said or. Erwin Parsons a psychologist with the veterans administration Hospital in Perry Point my. Maj. Scott Fairchild chief of Community mental health services at Womack army Community Hospital in fort Bragg n.c., gave two examples. A one Mother told me her son was 19 when he left for the Gulf and when he came Home he was 35. One officer said the army was Able to get his body Back Home in 24 hours but his mind is still Over there a Fairchild said. In april Congress extended the services of the 196 Vietnam outreach centers to counsel veterans of Lebanon Grenada Panama and the persian Gulf. A the purpose is to care for the people who have paid the Price to put them Back where they were in a healthy sense a said col. Calvin Neptune consultant to the army surgeon general and chief of social work services at Walter Reed army medical Center. A a we re not talking about turning everybody into a a to he anxiety and stress Don t disappear when combat ends or. Charles Stenger Bunch of wimps. We re talking about preserving the fighting strength. To makes the military  stress can cause significant problems if untreated. It can contribute to marital woes alcohol and drug abuse and problems on the Job. Some combat infantry and armoured units in the persian Gulf had Mobile mental health teams to ease stress. Teams were made up of a psychiatrist a psychologist a social worker and a specialist in behaviour. A team led by or. Edward Pontius of the veterans administration Hospital in Pittsburgh counselled survivors of a scud missile attack that killed 13 members of the 475th quartermaster group a Reserve unit from Farrell a. A a was a nation you can to deploy half a million people without taking on the responsibility of maintaining them and repairing those folks damaged As part of the experience a Pontius said. Vietnam veterans May wonder Why their contemporaries Are getting attention they failed to get. In one fort Bragg n.c., latrine someone scribbled a six weeks try 365  about 30 percent of the 3.1 million people who served in Southeast Asia experienced Post traumatic stress and 15 percent still have the disorder,.according to one study done for the department of veterans affairs. 9 symptoms include jitters nightmares flashbacks it lethargy problems with intimacy sleeplessness and alcoholism. Some soldiers Are always on Alert acting As it they were on combat patrol while they stroll through shopping malls. A it experts said the Brevity of conflict May have Little bearing on an individual s response. A persons emotions can be sparked in a  which is All it takes to trigger Post traumatic stress. A you re put into a situation where you Are totally unable to protect yourself and the dangers never go away and Are very real the anxiety and stress done to disappear when combat ends a said or. Charles Stenger a clinical psychologist and a prisoner of War in world War 11. A a. Dealing with emotions is something that the military Learned tote hard was said or. Arthur Blank head of the Vietnam outreach program for the department of veterans affairs. A it should have been done after Vietnam. The veterans centers were 10 years Hite Quot Blank said. A there s a major change in our society about traumatic stress. Its not something to be swept under the Rug. Its something to be dealt  experts said warning signs May continue to surface much like the aftershocks following an earthquake Long after the cheering has stopped and the yellow ribbons have come Down. A a lot of people think the wars Over it really Isnit a said Donald Dossey a psychologist with the stress management centers of Southern California. A the wars still going on in the minds of the people who were  nurses group urges voluntary aids tests Kansas City to. A an american nurses association panel saturday recommended continued opposition to mandatory aids testing with one Delegate calling the proposal an a asinine response to Public  the panel also recommended that association members turn Down a proposal that would require health professionals to disclose if they Are infected with the his virus that causes aids. Instead the 10-member panel endorsed voluntary Anonymous testing of health professionals and voluntary disclosure. The 615 delegates attending the groups annual convention were to vote on panels recommendations sunday. The association represents the nations 2 million registered nurses. Aids prevention policies for health professionals have come under scrutiny since a Florida dentist or. David acer infected five of. His patients with the virus. Several members of Congress Are considering introducing measures that would require aids tests for health professionals. Acers Case is the first known instance of aids transmission by a dentist to a patient. He died in september and one of his patients Kimberly Bergalis is near death. Studies presented earlier in june at the annual internat Oxil conference of acquired immune deficiency syndrome indicated there were a relatively Low number of aids victims among . Health care workers and suggested that the chances of the infected workers passing the virus to patients is extremely Remote. As of March . Officials had documented 40 cases of health care workers infected with his on the Job according to the National centers for disease control in Atlanta. Last week the american medical association rejected mandatory  for health care workers but endorsed voluntary testing of those facing the highest risk. Ana panel member Michael Nilsson a Florida Delegate called mandatory testing a an asinine response to Public  a legislators Are looking for a Quick easy out on this Issue a Nilsson said. The Ana has argued that compulsory Universal testing is not reliable because of the diseases incubation  and wild Kubi makes a splash at the Franklin Park zoo. The 9-year-old Gorilla cools wading Pool Friday As temperatures in Boston hovered around the mid-90s. Sunny Days have been predicted for the area. Off in her More hot a. Korea to join  in building new world order Stanford Calif. Apr South korean president. Roh Tae woo stole a line from president Bush on saturday saying his nation will help the United states establish a Quot new world  Quot the Bonds Between our two countries have been so strengthened and solidified in All areas that we have now become indispensable partners a Roh said in a speech sponsored by the conservative Hoover institution at Stanford University. A Korea and the United states will Combine efforts toward establishing a new world order Quot said Roh who is scheduled to meet Bush this week in the first official state visit by a South korean president since 1965. Roh was in san Francisco a year ago on an unofficial visit to meet visiting soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. A the Summit comes after two months of student riots and anti government protests in South Korea demanding Rohrs resignation and a new democratic government. Last week however Rohrs democratic Liberal party won a big Victory in nationwide elections. Many observers interpreted the win As a vote of Confidence and condemnation of the protests. In his 35-minute speech Roh called the students Quot opportunistic radicals engaged in a a violent class  Roh also said the easing of tensions with communist North Korea will bring More democracy and Prosperity to the Peninsula. A tension on the korean Peninsula has been the Central problem hampering the stability of the entire Region a Roh said. Roh is scheduled to meet with Bush on tuesday and with Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney later in the week. Topping Rohrs Agenda is Trade and the future of . Security forces in South Korea including 43,000 . Troops. Roh has led South Korea since 1988