Fund helps heal the unseen wounds of war PTSD and TBI

Fund helps heal the unseen wounds of war
Published April 09, 2013
FoxNews.com

The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund works with the government to help rehabilitate war veterans with the emotional and psychological wounds of battle. In the past decade, the fund has raised $600 million dollars.

Thousands of wounded U.S. soldiers return from war each year. But for many, their scars come in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. And the result is painfully apparent: Every day in the United States, one service member commits suicide.

Senior managing health editor of Foxnews.com, Dr. Manny Alvarez, recently sat down with chief spokesman and former president of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Bill White, to find out what’s being done to help members of the U.S. military.

“It’s the obvious things that make a lot of sense to people, but now what we are seeing is these invisible wounds are the signature wounds of these two wars,” White said.
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