Educational movie aims to help soldiers with PTSD

Educational movie aims to help soldiers with PTSD
June 6th, 2009 @ 8:30pm
SALT LAKE COUNTY -- Some realistic scenes from Afghanistan were re-created at Camp Williams Saturday morning for a short movie being made as an educational tool.

The Utah Department of Veterans Affairs is putting together a video about the signs of post traumatic stress disorder. Many soldiers suffer from the disorder when they return home from war but few get help for it.

Often, the simplest event can trigger a response, such as a car broken down on the side of the road. A former soldier can take it as a possible ambush.

The military wants to start paying better attention to these types of issues.

The department's Darin Farr said, "A lot of guys are afraid to come forward because they don't want to be perceived as a head case or that they've got problems or issues. This is a legitimate issue they are dealing with, and they need help. It's not going to go away on its own."

The department says the video should be completed sometime next month and will be available to soldiers who want a copy.
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