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One In Five Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Suffer from PTSD or Major Depression
Source - Rand Corporation

Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan — 300,000 in all — report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slightly more than half have sought treatment, according to a new RAND Corporation study.   read full article>>

Army's New PTSD Treatments: Yoga, Reiki, "Bioenergy"
Wired - By Noah Shachtman

The military is scrambling for new ways to treat the brain injuries and post-traumatic stress of troops returning home from war. And every kind of therapy - no matter how far outside the accepted medical form - is being considered.   read full article>>

Trauma of Iraq War Haunting Thousands Returning Home
USA TODAY
By William M. Welch

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jeremy Harrison sees the warning signs in the Iraq war veterans who walk through his office door every day — flashbacks, inability to relax or relate, restless nights and more. He recognizes them as symptoms of combat stress because he's trained to, as a counselor at the small storefront Vet Center here run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   read full article>>

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