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Kadner: Help for Troubled Veterans (PTSD)


From Phil Kadner at the Southtown Star:

After writing about such a person in a recent column, I received several calls from veterans and family members of veterans telling me about the problems they’ve experienced.

About one in three veterans returning from our recent wars have what mental health experts call “adaptation issues,” according to Paige Lassen, a psychiatrist at Hines Veterans Administration Hospital.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the more common problems among veterans, a psychiatric ailment that’s considered treatable but not curable.

There is help through medication and therapy provided by the Veterans Administration. A crisis hotline, 1-800-273-8255, is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It’s confidential for veterans and their family members.

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