Program helping service women cope with PTSD

Program helping service women cope with PTSD
By: Benita Zahn

Twice this month, the Capital Region has known the sorrow of losing a soldier to war.

Many more will return home bearing the scars of battle.

Some will be the invisible wounds of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.)

For women, traditional care givers, PTSD can be especially disabling.

That's where Project Odyssey comes in.

It's a story you'll only see on News Channel 13

It's conversation and coffee with a side of toast and eggs, for these 13 female combat vets and their counselors.

Welcome to the start of the day for Project Odyssey, from which none of the women will return home unchanged.

“I see someone who came in to us Monday, not talking, very shy, not one smile, and then today I hear laughs. Can't shut them up. I see a lot of change,” said Nancy Schiliro of Project Odyssey.

Her own life changed so much by Project Odyssey that Schiliro now works for the Odyssey.

It's run by the Wounded Warriors Project and the Vet Centers, an offshoot of the V.A.
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Program helping service women cope with PTSD

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