At a July meeting in Amman, Jordan, a team from the University of Missouri International Center for Psychosocial Trauma was exposed to strong anti-American feelings.
The team, led by child psychiatrist Arshad Husain, first took part in a five-day program presented for doctors from Iraq, who interacted quietly and carefully. Immediately after this training program, the Federation of the Islamic Medical Association held its biannual convention with 500 physicians from 56 countries.
At this convention, Husain gave two keynote speeches, one on "Spirituality and the Mental Health Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" and one a dinner talk to the Jordanian Medical Association on "Trauma: Resiliency and Recovery, Lessons from War Zones." Emotions in the audience caused by the latter speech reached such a peak that the dinner̢۪s host grew concerned about the team̢۪s welfare.
...This attack on Americans as individuals was a change from previous trips the team has made. Before, participants talked negatively about the U.S. government; now they were directing their hostility and anger toward the American people.
...The feeling of the audience of professionals from Islamic countries was that the American people are responsible because they allow their government to do these things.
Columbia Tribune articleThe team, led by child psychiatrist Arshad Husain, first took part in a five-day program presented for doctors from Iraq, who interacted quietly and carefully. Immediately after this training program, the Federation of the Islamic Medical Association held its biannual convention with 500 physicians from 56 countries.
At this convention, Husain gave two keynote speeches, one on "Spirituality and the Mental Health Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" and one a dinner talk to the Jordanian Medical Association on "Trauma: Resiliency and Recovery, Lessons from War Zones." Emotions in the audience caused by the latter speech reached such a peak that the dinner̢۪s host grew concerned about the team̢۪s welfare.
...This attack on Americans as individuals was a change from previous trips the team has made. Before, participants talked negatively about the U.S. government; now they were directing their hostility and anger toward the American people.
...The feeling of the audience of professionals from Islamic countries was that the American people are responsible because they allow their government to do these things.
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