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On June 21, Juanita Buck, a member of the Kern Country Mental Health Mobile Evaluation Team, led a training session for SWAT Team negotiators, informing them about the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Buck believes that such training will continue to become increasingly helpful for first responders. “As military personnel continue to return from war it becomes increasingly important for first responders such as the SWAT Team negotiators, to know how to identify and deal effectively with those who might suffer from PTSD,” said Buck, a graduate of California State University Bakersfield who has a Masters degree in Marriage and Family counseling. Buck is also working on a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Her interest in PTSD originated during graduate school, after hearing a lecture by her mentor, Larry Ashley, a war veteran. Buck went on to conduct her own Masters thesis on PTSD among firefighters, having always been interested in how potentially...
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