When the War Never Ends
Many vets are ambushed by post-traumatic stress disorder. But some churches are coming to their defense.
[ posted 7/2/2009 9:05AM ]
"If people think the VA hospital will solve all the problems, they'll overlook the greatest source of healing in any situation: Jesus," says Self. "The majority component for recovery is a spiritual solution, more than any secular clinical answer."
Jocelyn Green is a freelance writer and author of Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives (Moody Publishers).
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E. Humphrey
Thanks for this great article; I'm posting a link to it at our blog, http://militarychristiansworldwide.blogspot.com/.
Kaisen
Maybe PTSD claims has substance maybe not, who can tell? We are deluged with all kinds of syndromes attempting to give clinical status to every conceivable social ill. This article has the flavor of being one sided, if its claims are to be taken seriously a separate report is needed to give perspective. Attempting to blame the Church for "dropping the ball" in dealing with PTSD regarding Vietnam vets significantly weakens this writer's case, at least enough to ask more about her background and positions taken on other subjects.
Josh
How does someone get ptsd from a 10 month deployment to Kuwait, there wasn't any combat going on there in 2003.