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PTSD and Holidays[The following is an article that was just a short note but hit home me and wanted to share with you. If you are being dragged down for any reason please call there professionals! (RN)]
Both the military and the public lately have focused in on the mental health of soldiers. There is even a national center dedicated to studying and tracking PTSD in veterans. But the psychological toll the war is taking on family members who have either lost loved ones or are dealing with their absence during increasingly long deployments is also immense. The added burden of spending a holiday without a loved one often results in unhealthy behavior, says psychologist Aphrodite Matsakis, who has been working with military families for about 30 years. “You see it in increased rates of alcoholism, drug abuse and even child abuse,” says Matsakis, author of “In Harm's Way: Help for the Wives of Military Men, Police, EMTs, and Fire fighters,” which was published in August by New Harbinger Publications.
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