PTSD a very real concern for Boise doctors as troops come home

PTSD a very real concern for Boise doctors as troops come home
By Eric Fink
CREATED OCT. 4, 2011

As hundreds of soldiers from Idaho's Army National Guard's 116th Calvary Brigade Combat team share an emotional homecoming with their families, some soldeirs are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan only to start more personal battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

According to doctors and mental health professionals at the Boise VA medical center, PTSD is more prevalent in men and women who have completed multiple tours of duty.

"With more deployments, you're exposed to more trauma, more combat stressors," Sue Hicks, a Treasure Valley licensed clinical soccial worker said. "PTSD is a normal reaction to abnormal events. People are being exposed to combat which are very serious, extreme situations.
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