PTSD

The following was a show, on the NPR program 'The Diane Rehm Show' today. It's a Must Listen To discussion on PTSD, for All!!

Monday March 6, 2006
Mental Health and Military Service in Iraq

A new study shows more than one in three members of the U.S. armed forces serving in Iraq seeks help for mental health problems. We talk about the types of problems they're experiencing, the help available, and long term cost to individuals, their families, and the nation.
Guests
Charles Sheehan-Miles, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense and a veteran of the first Gulf War
Col. Dr. Charles Hoge, director of the division of psychiatry and neuroscience at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Chaplain John Morris, chaplain for the Minnesota National Guard
Craig Smith, served as a Specialist in Operation Iraqi Freedom from April to November 2003
You can listen to program by clicking links:
Windows Media Player
Real Audio
Related Links:
Veterans for Common Sense
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Minnesota National Guard
Resource Guide: Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (Veterans for Common Sense)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

You can visit the first link, to the site, and listen from there. Or you can click on the Audio Links, for the Windows and Real Players to bring it up in your players to listen. Also visit the Related links, and Find many others, to Learn More on PTSD!!