"Tango on the Balcony" PTSD Film Traumatised By War

This is a good article however, once again, the majority of veterans have been omitted. Those veterans are over the age of 50 representing over 70% of the suicides, the majority of claims within the Department of Veterans Affairs along with the other fact that had it not been for them, nothing would have been available for the younger generation getting all the attention. Vietnam veterans rates for PTSD are higher.

Also keep in mind that as you read this part,

“Today, as many as 20-50 per cent of all war veterans suffer with PTSD and have problems transitioning to civilian life. Many find themselves without purpose and end up taking their own lives. A staggering 22 veterans commit suicide per day, a death toll that is higher than those killed in action. That is one veteran every 65 minutes,” said Papas.

That number is simply repeated but far from understood. The truth is, veteran suicides are double the civilian population. For younger ones, after all has been done to "prevent" their suicides, their numbers are triple their peer rate.

The rest of the article is worth the read plus the director of this film is Greek, a plus for me already since I was raised on the Trojan War. (Yes, in case you forgot, I am Greek.)

Agamemnon was joined by the Greek heroes Achilles, Odysseus, Nestor and Ajax, and accompanied by a fleet of more than a thousand ships from throughout the Hellenic world.

One of the best books on combat PTSD took a different approach toward understanding PTSD back in the 90's. Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay opened the eyes of Vietnam veteran families and should be read by this new generation as well.

Traumatised by war
Cyprus Mail
By Alexia Evripidou
JULY 12TH, 2015

The harrowing experiences of war veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are the subject of a new film from New York-based Greek Cypriot film director and cinematographer Minos Papas.

Son of internationally acclaimed film director Michael Papas, Minos was determined to carve his own successful path in the industry from an early age. At age 16, Minos Papas received his first international award with the short film Whispers (1993) at the Make-A-Video youth competition in Helsinki, Finland. He’s since worked as a writer, director and producer on his own productions as well as turning his hand to director of photography on short and feature films, music videos, documentaries and commercials.

Now, as an established independent filmmaker in New York for the past ten years, his vision in his short narrative film Tango on the Balcony is to make an honest, daring and consciously non-political film, ‘aimed at telling a more authentic story’ of the veterans who suffer with PTSD.

This debilitating anxiety disorder can be experienced by anyone who has been exposed to a traumatic event, such as witnessing or inflicting injury or death. Its symptoms include re-experiencing the event, hyper-arousal, and diminished responsiveness to or avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma.

War veterans are of course particularly prone. The US Department of Veteran Affairs estimates that 7-8 per cent of the (American) population will have PTSD at some point in their lives and about eight million adults have PTSD during a given year. But this figure pales beside those who seen active service in the military.
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