Part of being tough is admitting you need help with PTSD

"Many Vietnam vets died miserable, alone and young," he said. "This is not going to happen to these guys."


Army taking stress out of seeking help
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
By NIKI DOYLE
Times Staff Writer niki.doyle@htimes.com

Program aims to fight idea that it's a sign of weakness

More than 30 years after thousands of "shell-shocked" soldiers left Vietnam, the U.S. Army is taking steps to help soldiers leaving Iraq adjust successfully to civilian life.

The Army is requiring all its employees - soldiers and civilians - to participate in a seminar on post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and mild traumatic brain injury.

........"Soldiers don't want to appear weak," Battle said. "That's the kind of statement that leaders want to fight against. Part of being tough is admitting you need help."
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