Combat Stress
Nearly 1 In 5 Vets Reports Mental Problems
Submitted by: jimstaro on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 08:55
originally posted 2008-04-17 13:56:47, bumped, cho
While waiting for a Video Link at ABC News I went over to see if the CBS Report, that some of us knew was coming for a few days now, was up yet, the report was there sans the video with Carissa Picard, of Military Spouces for Change but I found a few more, one with the family members.
Carissa sent out and posted the report she was interviewed for as well as that video, you will find them all below with linkbacks to the reports.
A new study found that 1 in 5 U.S. troops suffer from depression or post traumatic stress disorder from service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Randall Pinkston comments. |
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Still fighting war stress:
Submitted by: jimstaro on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 02:44 They beat Hitler, turned back the tide of Japanese imperialism and when the war ended, returned to civilian life to forge careers and raise families while seemingly unfazed by the horrors of combat many witnessed.
As World War II veterans have aged, and reflected on the dreadful experiences of war and carnage, more and more exhibited the symptoms of a malady unheard of when they went off to battle 65 years ago: post traumatic stress disorder.
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