Book
Description
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in our
returning combat troops is one of the most catastrophic
issues confronting our nation. Yet, despite
the fact that nearly 20 percent of the over
half million troops that have left the military
since 2003 have been diagnosed with PTSD, and
that many who suffer symptoms are unlikely to
seek help because of the stigma of this terrible
disease, our government and media have remained
silent.
Moving A Nation to Care:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's
Returning Troops is a
grassroots call to action designed to break
the shameful silence and put the issue of PTSD
in our returning troops front and center before
the American public. In addition to presenting
interviews with Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
suffering with PTSD, such as Blake Miller, the
famous "Marlboro Man," this book will
be the most comprehensive resource to date for
concerned citizens who want to understand the
complex political, social, and health-related
issues of PTSD, with an eye toward "moving
our nation to care" to do what is necessary
to help our fighting men and women who suffer
from PTSD.
Ilona Meagher is editor of the online journal
PTSD Combat: Winning the War Within and author
of the PTSD Timeline, a comprehensive database
of PTSD incidents. She has appeared on Fox News
and numerous other media outlets.
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