Documentary Bravely Tackles Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

It looks like the producers of this documentary have the same thoughts I do. What have I been arguing all this time for? Both sides need to come together at least on this one issue of taking care of all the wounded. We cannot stop the occupation of Iraq today or tomorrow no matter how hard we wish, hope and pray. We cannot find a peaceful solution to Afghanistan today or tomorrow either. Neither will be ended during this presidency and realistically we have to face the fact no matter who is elected in November, it will take a long time to resolve both occupations. While we get all geared up to either keep things as they are or finish them, the men and women we send are the ones who are suffering wounded and there will be many more between now and the end. If we don't get this right, right now, the problems they come home to will only get worse. Pay attention to this and then maybe you will understand what I've been saying all along.

Documentary Bravely Tackles Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Wounded Soldier Issues
Post traumatic stress disorder and other issues involving disabled American veterans have become the focus of a new film entitled, "Who Will Stand." There are many films about the war in Iraq, but a small team of Las Vegas filmmakers decided that the soldiers would be better served by addressing the issues they deal with after they return home.

We also found out that the VA thinks they can’t afford to help 100% of soldiers suffering from PTSD but we proved that treating them is actually cheaper than not treating them! Treatment would pay for itself in two years.

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) July 16, 2008 -- More American soldiers kill themselves than are killed by the enemy, and many others suffer the effects of post traumatic stress disorder. As many as eighteen soldiers a day are committing suicide and most of those soldiers kill themselves after they return home. Their divorce rate has tripled since the beginning of the war and substance abuse among veterans is 4 times the national average. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg according to “Who Will Stand” producer/director Phil Valentine, www.whowillstand4us.com



The two hour documentary covers, in detail, the plights of more than a dozen soldiers who have returned either physically or psychologically wounded, including hard-to-measure effects of post traumatic stress disorder.

“Nobody is surprised that war creates amputees, homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, divorce, but very few people are aware of the enormous rates of these issues,” said Valentine. “And almost no one is aware of the psychological issues that nearly 100% of combat soldiers suffer with, namely Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.”

“Going back and forth on whether or not we should be in this war is like arguing over whether the Giants should have won the last Superbowl. What’s done is done. We’re there,” explains Valentine. Then he adds, “What we can and should do something about is how we take care of these disabled American veterans after they return.”
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