‘We Have to Consider These Wounds of War’

We have lots of soldiers in treatment, but that doesn't mean we can take care of the problems they have. General Peter Chiarelli. He went on to say they still don't know enough about PTSD. That stunning statement came after 5 years of the Army pushing "resilience training."

Retired General on Fort Hood: ‘We Have to Consider These Wounds of War’
By ABC News
Apr 6, 2014 1:04pm

ABC News’ Haley Muse reports:
Ivan Lopez, the man who opened fire at Fort Hood, killing three of his fellow soldiers and wounding 16 others, should be considered a wounded warrior himself, former Army Vice Chief of Staff retired Gen. Peter Chiarelli said today on ABC’s “This Week.”

“I think you have to,” Chiarelli, who is also an ABC News consultant, said when asked whether Lopez should be thought of as a soldier who was wounded himself. “If you really want to get the stigma associated with these problems, we have got to consider these wounds of war.”

Chiarelli, along with Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, and The New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Schmidle discussed the shooting and the lasting effects of post-traumatic stress disorder with Martha Raddatz on “This Week.”

FBI and U.S. military officials continue to investigate Ivan Lopez’ state of mind prior to Wednesday’s shooting. Lopez was in the process of being evaluated for PTSD.

There were 130,000 reported cases of PTSD among veterans last year. Schmidle argued Americans are not paying enough attention to the lasting effects of war on veterans.
read more here