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The case study involves a technician (welder)who works on the North Slope in Alaska on the oil field. He was in the tank to repair it. He lit the torch, and there was an explosion? He has been in treatment a few weeks, for the major trauma he had just over a year ago. The Somatic Inkblot Series Card version and Video version was administered to him and the inkblots images brought on the surface unprocessed painful material. The SIS images helped as therapeutic aid and Jim showed fast improvement.
Key Words: PTSD, SIS as Therapeutic aid.
According to the DSM, Poet-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) consists of a series of symptoms which follow a major trauma to an individual. These symptoms are welldocumented and a diagnosis can be made on the basis of these. The purpose of this presentation is to show that certain projective testing in addition may have important value both from the standpoint of understanding diagnostically and treating PTSD. The procedure that we will hear about subsequently is the Somatic Inkblot Series. The person (Jim) currently suffering from PTSD has shown fast improvement and doing well. He has been in treatment a few weeks, and - but he had major trauma just over a year ago. Jim is a technician who works on the North Slope in Alaska on the oil field.
Jim, could you tell us about the incident when you were in the tank and you lit the torch, and there was an explosion? Do you recall - just give us some of the highlights ofthat, please.
Jim: Yes. The welder was actually outside of a tank, this large vessel. We were cleaning and doing some work inside of it; ah, ahmn - it turns out there was a little bit of - of gas, that was in part of a pipe that leads to the vessel and when he struck an arc to do some welding, it ignited the gas, in turn caused a quite large explosion. And, ah, I and five others were ah, ahmn, burnt and affected by the explosion.
Doc: How badly were you burned?
Jim: Well, I was burned on about half to three-quarters of my face and neck, and the back of my...