Strategic advantage (shih), a central feature of the Art of War, connotes the release of latent energy, both physical and psychological, in order to ride the forces of circumstances to victory.
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It employed tactics such as sleep deprivation, strange meal patterns, stress positions and other psychological devices to break down detainees in order to make them talk to interrogators.
This is the other problem with home abortions - the psychological after effects must be dealt with properly in order to enable the woman to cope with her decision and get on with her life.
But they do need a certain level of knowledge and skill in order to have a proper appreciation of the technical and psychological issues facing the person they are mentoring.