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Figley surveyed over 200 top-ranked celebrities some years back and came up with the top ten stressors that include, in order of importance:
Nancy Doyle Palmer: The Downside of Fame: Susan Boyle, Desiree Rogers and the Olympics 2010
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Figley surveyed over 200 top-ranked celebrities some years back and came up with the top ten stressors that include, in order of importance:
The Downside of Fame: Susan Boyle, Desiree Rogers and the Olympics 2010
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Figley surveyed over 200 top-ranked celebrities some years back and came up with the top ten stressors that include, in order of importance: 1. The celebrity press 2. Critics 3. Threatening letters/calls 4. Lack of Privacy 5. Constant monitoring of their lives 6. Worry about career plunges 7. Stalkers 8. Lack of security 9. Curious fans
Nancy Doyle Palmer: The Downside of Fame: Susan Boyle, Desiree Rogers and the Olympics Nancy Doyle Palmer 2010
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A sense that the rest of the country doesn't care anymore also is worsening morale, says Charles Figley, a trauma expert at Florida State University.
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"They feel the nation is turning its back on them, forgetting them," Figley says.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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"Sending soldiers back to their unit can be better than sending them to a psych ward," Figley explains.
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"There is a lot of research that shows that R&R is bad policy," says Figley, the head of the traumatology unit at Florida State University.
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"We were expecting to find that the [Iraq] wounded would have higher rates of PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder]," says Figley, himself a Vietnam vet.
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Figley worries that the actual number may be higher for those who aren't getting treated and therefore don't have that decompression period.
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"If you talk candidly to every psychologist and psychiatrist in the Army, they would admit that it is too little too late too often," says Figley.
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