http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/Richard F. Mollica, MD, Harvard Medical School Professor and Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, writes on issues pertaining to global mental health, social healing, personal healing, human rights, and the obstacles and pathways to peace.enFri, 25 Jan 2008 06:55:35 PSTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/copyright 2006 Richard F. Mollica, M.D.Identity,,violence,,public,policy,,philosophy,,mental,health,,public,health,,world,health,,refugees,,war,,peace,,reconstruction,,memory,,trauma,,oral,history,,healing,,survivors,,genocide,,feminism,,sexual,violence,,torture,,spirituality,,altruismSociety & Culture/PhilosophyRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsnoIdentity,,violence,,public,policy,,philosophy,,mental,health,,public,health,,world,health,,refugees,,war,,peace,,reconstruction,,memory,,trauma,,oral,history,,healing,,survivors,,genocide,,feminism,,sexual,violence,,torture,,spirituality,,altruismReadings from, and discussions of the book "Healing Invisible Wounds," by psychiatrist and refugee trauma expert, Richard Mollica, M.D. Mollica examines the human capacity for self-healing and prescribes steps for trauma recovery at individual, social, anReadings from, and discussions of the book "Healing Invisible Wounds," by psychiatrist and refugee trauma expert, Richard Mollica, M.D. Mollica examines the human capacity for self-healing and prescribes steps for trauma recovery at individual, social, and global scales.http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2008/01/americas-domest.htmlRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsFri, 25 Jan 2008 06:55:35 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-44647672The story in the New York Times on January 13, 2008 (entitled: "Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles"; click here to access the article) saddened me. These stories reflect as much upon our social relationship to our veterans as...http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2008/01/the-war-on-terr.htmlRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsFri, 11 Jan 2008 07:44:50 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-44012144I would like to thank Angela and Megan for their thoughtful comments. Certainly the empathic failure demonstrated by all acts of domestic violence have enormous social and political consequences. It is hard to imagine sensitivity to a neighbor or community...http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2008/01/the-public-heal.htmlRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsMon, 07 Jan 2008 07:32:15 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-43785754I would like to thank everyone for their comments over the past two weeks. Forming a new anti-violence structure of government is certainly an interesting idea I had never considered. In Italy recently, people were so sick of the corruption...http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2007/08/war-a-mental-st.htmlCommunities and healingCurrent AffairsOn HumiliationVideosRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsSun, 05 Aug 2007 11:36:26 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-37329354Featured on the July 29, 2007 ABC World News segment about Iraqi refugees. Here I discuss the mental and social ramifications of Iraqi citizens' life in a war zone. CLICK ON THE IMAGE AT RIGHT TO VIEW (The video is...http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2007/07/boston-globe-he.htmlCommunities and healingCultureScienceSocial JusticeRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsMon, 02 Jul 2007 10:15:18 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-36032338An article/essay I wrote, "Trauma Care," is featured in The Boston Globe, Health and Science section today. Pictured at right is the article, including a featured image of Svang Tor, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma staff member, and former refugee....http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2007/06/declaration-a-n.htmlCommunities and healingCurrent AffairsHuman RightsRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsThu, 28 Jun 2007 09:50:23 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-35900046I recently drafted this "manifesto" on healing a violent world. I invite visitors to this blog to comment on it, suggest additions/revisions, and share your own ideas about what such a declaration should include. In one year, I will summarize...http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2007/04/bbc_interview_w.htmlAudioCommunities and healingCurrent AffairsRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsThu, 19 Apr 2007 17:00:00 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-33106170LISTEN TO THIS STORY The World's Jessie Graham reports on a program here in the United States that helps immigrants from several African countries cope with their memories of war back home. We hear how some American therapists are trying...http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2007/04/torture_today_i.htmlAudioCurrent AffairsHuman RightsOn HumiliationTortureRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsThu, 19 Apr 2007 16:37:53 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-33105738Sonali Kohutkar and Ian Masters interview Richard Mollica on the topic of torture and current events: Interview with Sonali Kohutkar (interview starts at 26:23) Interview with Ian Masters (interview starts at 43:34)http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2007/03/the_innocence_p.htmlCommunities and healingEventsHuman RightsOn HumiliationSocial JusticeRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsSun, 25 Mar 2007 17:56:25 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-32107146I promised to post the slides for the March 24 presentation/workshop/discussion with exonerees from wrongful convictions at the Innocence Project Conference at Harvard Law School. It was an honor to speak with you all and to hear your experiences. Here...http://healinginvisiblewounds.typepad.com/healing_invisible_wounds/2007/03/humiliating_the.htmlCommunities and healingCurrent AffairsOn HumiliationSocial JusticeYouthRichard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsSun, 25 Mar 2007 12:00:19 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-32098550Op-Ed, The Baltimore Sun, Sunday, March 25, 2007 by Richard F. Mollica No amount of money is going to fix the tragedy unfolding under public scrutiny at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs...Sadly, the ill...copyright 2006 Richard F. Mollica, M.D.Richard F. Mollica, M.D. and guestsnonadult