Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Beyond the Courtroom

When you think about the staggering numbers of veterans with PTSD and then notice how few of them end up getting into trouble with the law, it is obvious that only some end up making the headlines. Wouldn't it be a wonderful day in this country when they all get help before it ever gets to the point of domestic violence, stand offs with police, crimes, drunk driving or any other trouble they can get into because they are not thinking clearly? That's the biggest problem in all of this. They don't get what they need to heal from what they had to go through. More veterans attempt suicide than commit crimes. That shows how they are suffering more than taking it out on someone else.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Beyond the Courtroom
One psychotherapist said it is rare that PTSD sufferers exhibit violence.
By ALISON FLOWERS
Published: November 09, 2010

Harold McRae is known as "Doc" to the veterans in the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, recovery group he leads. McRae is not a doctor, but rather a psychotherapist with 30 years of experience with combat veterans.

McRae tells News 3 a major misconception about PTSD is that it leads to violence.

"The guys that I have worked with, I have found them no more dangerous than the civilian men I work with," McRae said. "A lot of people have trouble dealing with their anger, but they don't go out there beating people, hitting people and breaking the law."

One Army veteran McRae works with talked to News 3 about his PTSD diagnosis. He chose not to be identified for the sake of his children's privacy. He said he has a hard time backing down from a high state of alert.
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Beyond the Courtroom