PTSD and TBI: The unseen toll of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Описание: Michael Jernigan knew a lot about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder before he ever deployed to Iraq. His father developed it after fighting as a Marine in Vietnam and brought his demons back to Jernigans childhood home.

His father-in-law was a psychologist in the Air Force Special Operations and taught Jernigan about the secondary trauma that people living with someone with PSTD can develop.

So when Jernigan joined the Marines in 2004 on his 24th birthday--his dad was the officer that swore him into the service--he knew the risks of entering the military during wartime. Soon deployed to Iraq, Jernigan was seriously wounded by a roadside bomb blast in Falluja in late 2004.

Read the full story at: http://longmarchhome.org/PTSD_TBI.html

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