Thursday, April 06, 2006

ABC News: Family Effects of Combat PTSD

ABC News' Sunday Spotlight this past weekend showed their viewers how "the vicarious power of traumatic stress" affects family members of a veteran coping with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Through the experiences of the daughter of a Vietnam veteran, we learn that combat PTSD has a broad reach beyond the battlefield -- scooping up even those who've never seen a day of combat. View the video report, and then thank ABC Weekend News for covering this important issue.

If you're a family coping with PTSD, you might want to check out some of these helpful combat PTSD books.

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