Soldier Questions Help For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

I hear this all the time. It is not just about Fort Campbell or any other Fort. It is not just about the soldiers here or deployed. It is about all of them and it is about veterans. They are not getting what they need in the military or out of it and they return home to families without a clue what is going on. None of it needs to happen and if they catch the newly wounded, chances are they can even return to duty if they want, but healing has to be the right way, with the right information and the right kind of support.

Soldier Questions Help For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 5:07 PM EST

By Nick Beres

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - A soldier at Fort Campbell said the post does not do enough to help soldiers deal with mental stress.

Army Spc. Adam Lichman, 25, spoke out about his concerns one day before the mass shooting at Ft. Hood in Texas. After that incident people nationwide joined Lichman in asking: How does the military deal with troubled soldiers?

Lichman joined the Army in 2006 and served 14 months in Iraq. In that time he was shot by a sniper, and his humvee was hit by an anti-tank grenade. The force of the blast knocked Lichman out cold.

"The guys in my humvee thought I was dead because the explosion blew up a whole case of water, and they felt wetness everywhere," said Lichman.

Lichman's fellow soldiers thought the water was his blood, but the 25-year-old survived without a scratch - at least on the surface. He returned to Ft. Campbell with post traumatic stress disorder.
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