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Mind Zone: Therapists Behind the Front Line

SEPTEMBER 28 AT 7PM
Mind Zone: Therapists Behind the Front Line
Jan Haaken - Portland, OR - 50 min

A documentary about therapists working in the 113th Army Combat Stress Control detachment. Their mission is two-fold (and contradictory): protecting soldiers from battle fatigue and keeping these same soldiers in the fight.

Director Jan Haaken's mission is also two-fold: to tell the story of the psychological impact of war from the perspective of soldiers who experience it, and to contextualize this within the field of psychology. With psychiatric casualties mounting, the United States Army ups the deployment of mental health detachments to war zonesan undertaking on a scale previously unimaginable. As the 113th is deployed to Afghanistan and trains for their dual roles as soldiers and healers, Colonel David Rabb and his team of therapists are equipped with a wide arsenal of psychological techniques. But as they arrive to replace the previous Combat Stress Control unit, they learn the gravity of the tasks ahead and face daunting challenges in carrying out their conflicting missions.

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