Showing posts with label Rob Braese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rob Braese. Show all posts

Friday, August 28, 2009

Help available for veterans with PTSD

Help available for veterans with PTSD
August 31, 2009

DANIEL THOMPSON
Staff Writer
staffwriter1@occc.edu

Educators at OCCC can play a critical role in helping military veterans when they re-enter society through the doorway of higher education, said Rob Braese, a clinical psychologist.

Braese said he works at the Oklahoma City Veterans Administration Hospital at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and one of his specialties is treating veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

“You have a unique role and opportunity to help veterans re-tool their lives.” Braese said to the OCCC staff. “One of the more significant difficulties is readjustment.

“You do not just go into battle. A soldier has to be trained.”

Too often the flip side of the coin is ignored.
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http://www.okc.cc.ok.us/pioneer/Archives/August_31_2009/news4.html