Post Traumatic Stress Affects Everyone

The shooting death of an American veteran, Chris Kyle who strives to help people in his field brings to light discussion of those suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

While the Department of Veterans Affairs hasn’t released the raw material, more than 500,000 veterans with a PTSD diagnosis were treated at hospitals and clinics run by the department. For three years in a row, the Department of Defense says the rate of suicide by active-duty troops has continued to climb, hitting an all-time record of 349 service members in 2012. That’s more than the number of those who have fallen in combat.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2012-military-suicides-hit-record-high-349

http://www.rand.org/multi/military/veterans.html

While the number of American veterans who have died is up from last year, the percentage of veterans who committed suicide have dropped, according to a news release from the department. It indicated the percentage of suicidal people calling the Veterans Crisis Line has dropped, too. Still, Experts say more needs to be done to help those suffering with PTSD because it not only hurts veterans but their families and children too.

Below is a link to Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center& Clinics http://www.southernoregon.va.gov/