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\"This graphic novel uses an ancient story of conflict, displacement, and longing for home to draw attention to the plight of the modern soldier eve of returning home after a grueling tour in Afghanistan, Sgt. Jack Brennan gathers his troops together for one final chat. But instead of a simple farewell, Brennan tells his soldiers the story of Homeras \"Odyssey\" connecting their experiences to the ancient epic. For instance, post-conflict drug addiction is related to Odysseusas menas reluctance to leave the land of the lotus eaters, and erratic, stimulus-seeking behavior by soldiers suffering from PTSD is compared Elpinoras death by misadventure on the island of Circe.\"--Provided by publisher.

Translator and theater director Bryan Doerries describes how he has used ancient Greek tragedies to disrupt hierarchies and create a space for members of the military “to tell their truths of the experiences of war.” Drama can help people suffer openly and communally, sharing the burden of war memories across a community.

Many have experienced feelings of betrayal, anger, and fear stemming from inadequate access to health-care resources, including personal protective equipment, or public flaunting of physical distancing measures. [...]we have found that presenting scenes from ancient tragedies about complex ethical situations for front-line medical providers generates an open, non-threatening space in which health personnel can begin to process, interrogate, share, and bear witness to experiences of loss, betrayal, grief, and other forms of moral suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Actors David Strathairn, Frances McDormand, Jesse Eisenberg, and Frankie Faison and participants during the first Theater of War for Frontline Medical Providers event Theater of War Productions Theater of War for Frontline Medical Providers, a new collaboration between Theater of War Productions, the Johns Hopkins University Program in Arts, Humanities, and Health, and the Berman Institute of Bioethics, USA, presents dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of scenes from ancient Greek plays for audiences of medical providers.

By having trained bystanders helping set the tone and de-escalate incidents prior to arrival, there was a better sense of teamwork with loved ones and bystanders. [...]they felt renewed that EMS professionals were being provided with better insight and comfort levels when dealing with the disturbing challenges of managing mental health crisis incidents. READY was deemed to be highly effective and honored with the Innovation in Suicide Prevention Award by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and American College of Emergency Physicians.5 Online and Theatrical Readings Numerous professional societies ranging from the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) and International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) to the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) have developed a myriad of online and print resources that address mental well-being for their members. [...]Theater of War Frontline uses scenes from ancient Greek plays to engage EMS professionals in crucial dialogue about difficult subjects and discomforting experiences.7,8 The dramatic readings of scenes from Sophocles' Ajax, Philoctetes, and Women of Trachis-ancient plays depicting the struggles of chronically and terminally ill patients and conflicted caregivers-have served as an effective point of departure for guided conversations, generating a shared vocabulary for discussing themes such as personal risk, deviations from standards of care, abandonment, betrayal, isolation, and deferred grief.9 Participants are not asked to narrate their own struggles or share anything they feel uncomfortable discussing, but rather to offer their own reactions and interpretations of the ancient plays. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Lauren M. Maloney, MD, NRP, FP-C, NCEE, is assistant professor of emergency medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, N.Y. Jason Hoffman, BS, NRP, CCEMT-P, is a paramedic supervisor at Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, N.Y. Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, is coordinator of the Metropolitan EMS Medical Directors (aka \"Eagles\") Global Alliance, Dallas, Tex.

Here's how to help employees' mental well-being In Part 1 of this series (www.hmpglobal learningnetwork.com/site/emsworld/arti cle/1225094/minding-mind-ems-part-i),' the authors described many of the mental well-being challenges EMS personnel face day to day and how those difficulties have been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond being part of that at-risk society, EMS professionals also have increased risksfor post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and even suicide.4'56iven their traditional culture of stoicism, EMS agencies must do a more proactive job of quashing the longstanding stigma associated with requesting mental health support, particularly among the most desperate. [...]many personal issues involving underlying self-esteem difficulties or personal life challenges may be also assuaged. Organizations such as the Code Green Campaign,6 a first responder-oriented mental health advocacy and education organization, and the All Clear Foundation,7 dedicated to connecting first responders with crisis support and wellness options, are just some of the resources specifically focused on EMS.

The impact of EMS responses on the mental well-being of public safety personnel was appreciated long before the COVID-19 pandemic, but frank discussion about best practices in mitigation and interventions were largely lacking.1'2 Although more recent attempts to address compassion fatigue and cultural diversity have helped refocus considerations of psychological wellness in the EMS workforce, many gaps remain in identifying best practices.\" The real possibility of unknowingly and unintentionally spreading the virus adds a subliminal fear to EMS response and undoubtedly is a source of more \"guilt\" and additional stress (note the common observation of EMS personnel sleeping in their vehicles to avoid potential contamination of those at home). Within months, the deaths attributed to COVID-19 in New York state, for example, far surpassed the deaths attributed to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack.'8 This realization had a particular impact on the New York EMS community, whose collective consciousness still weighs heavy with the deaths of colleagues from 9/11-related llnesses, even decades later.'2 Those in many other jurisdictions now dealing with the impact of COVID-19 deaths may have also experienced their own prior mass-casualty tragedies or other horrific events, reigniting those emotions. Doing this over and over, day in and day out, will no doubt have lasting psychological consequence.8'19 Adding to this emotional burden is the burden of responsibility for understanding and carrying out the evolving directives for crisis standards of care and modified operational guidelines-and the fear of not getting it right or not performing as optimally as we expected.

For centuries, the study of Greek literature has been seen as the province of career academics. But Mr. [Adam Nicolson]'s amateurism (in the best, etymological, sense of the word: from the Latin amare, \"to love\") and globe-trotting passion for his subject is contagious, intimating that it is impossible to comprehend [Homer]'s poems from an armchair or behind a desk. If you have never read the \"Iliad\" or the \"Odyssey,\" or your copies have been collecting dust since college, Mr. Nicolson's book is likely to inspire you to visit or revisit their pages. As Mr. Nicolson relates, Homer, the blind bard of Chios who supposedly composed the \"Iliad\" and the \"Odyssey,\" may never have existed. Or, if he did, he most likely wasn't the sole author of the epic poems for which he became famous. Instead, he may have culled, arranged and interpolated these foundational myths from within a living, oral tradition reaching back -- through the Greek Dark Ages -- to a primitive, preliterate era of Bronze Age wars and warriors sprawled across the Eurasian plains. \"The poems,\" Mr. Nicolson writes, \"were composed by a man standing at the top of a human pyramid. He could not have stood there without the pyramid beneath him, and the pyramid consisted not only of the earlier poets in the tradition but of their audiences too.\" For Mr. Nicolson, the commonly held belief that the \"Iliad\" and the \"Odyssey\" were products of the late eighth century B.C., a period of Greek resurgence and prosperity, cannot account for the heterogeneity of the poems and all they contain. He prefers the view that, instead of being the creation of a single man, let alone of a single time, \"Homer reeks of long use.\" Try thinking of Homer as a \"plural noun,\" he suggests, made up of \"the frozen and preserved words of an entire culture.\"

Sophocles' \"Ajax\" tells the story of the strongest warrior in the Greek army who, suffering from a \"divine madness,\" or what we now call post-traumatic stress disorder, attempts to murder his commanding officers but enters into a dissociative state in which he slaughters harmless animals instead.