Episode 3058: From Brokenness to Atonement, Faith, Hope, and Love by Hani Raoul Khouzam, MD, MPH, FAPA

This Week in America with Ric Bratton

From Brokenness to Atonement, Faith, Hope, and Love: A Vietnam War Sniper's Journey and a Psychiatrist's Bibliotherapy by Hani Raoul Khouzam, MD, MPH, FAPA

This is a story of Mr. L, an orphan who was raised and nurtured by a devoted Carmelite nun, then drafted to serve as a skilled sniper during the Vietnam War. A journey of learning and mastering of the French language, excelling in the Little League baseball, discovering the art of hunting, and of an uttermost devotion to assigned military missions. A tale of grief, depression, anxiety, intermixed with bitterness, rage, fear, and delayed onset posttraumatic stress disorder with its most devastating aftermath of survivor's guilt.

Witnessing the emergence of innate talents, the gifts of left-handedness, and astounding suddenness of action in each and every providential and self-inflicted circumstances. Travelling through life in orphanages with boyish freedom, self-consciousness, and then an adulthood of giving of oneself and sacrificing of own needs to fulfill a patriotic mission, an acceptance of a higher calling to serve the poor and the disfranchised.

Biographies are woven in the tapestry of the therapeutic alliance of a patient-and-physician relationship.

As a reader, you will be invited to introspect and reflect on the wonder of the human brain, the bubbling joy of loving, and the gift of living.

Will Mr. L descend into the abyss of ending his God-given gift of a well-deserved and joyful life or will he survive his heartbreaking sorrows and insurmountable guilt? Can brokenness be restored through faith, hope, love, and forgiveness?

The answers could be revealed by reading this personal journey--a portrait of faith, grace, and the joy that rises from giving and loving

Dr. Hani Raoul Khouzam is a distinguished psychiatrist with extensive academic and clinical experience. His medical journey began at Cairo University and continued through advanced studies and fellowships at Tulane University, the University of Oklahoma, and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Khouzam has held various significant roles, including Medical Director and Professor of Psychiatry at prestigious universities such as VA Central California Health Care System, UCSF Fresno, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

His career is marked by a commitment to education, training, and patient care, particularly in the fields of chemical dependency and mental health. Dr. Khouzam has been recognized with numerous awards for his contributions to psychiatry and medical education. He has also published extensively, contributing knowledge to psychiatric and medial literature.
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