News From the Cause
A general speaks out about his battle with PTSD (FayObserver.com)
November 15, 2010
Now Blackledge - commander of the Army's Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command - is speaking publicly about his invisible wounds to let other warriors know their reactions to combat are normal.
PTSD is one of the signature injuries of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A 2008 Rand Corp. study estimated that as many as 300,000 veterans of those wars suffered from PTSD or depression.
Yet it remains difficult to persuade soldiers to get the help they need.
