Vets say declaring national monument could help vets with PTSD

Vets say declaring national monument could help vets with PTSD
April 1, 2012
By Samantha Manning
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Veterans said declaring the Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks region a national monument could help vets coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to the Unites States Department of Veterans Affairs, between seven and eight percent of people are estimated to have experienced PTSD in their lives, and the chances are among the greatest in veterans.

Some veterans said that a key method of dealing with the condition once they're back home is to spend time in the great outdoors. "It's very important to me to be able to decompress a little bit," Vietnam veteran Peter Ossorio said. Ossorio's daughter is an Iraq war veteran. read more here