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  Dealing with the PTSD Urban Crisis

  Posted on September 22, 2014 by admin in PTSD Blog.

  Urban realities Roughly 3,500 American troops were killed during eight years of combat in Iraq, and over the same period, 3,113 people were killed on the streets of Philadelphia – a statistic mirrored in many American cities. In the city of Atlanta, 50% of inner city residents reported knowing a victim of murder. Victims of trauma […]

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  Love Letters from the Edge: Hope for the Hopeless

  Posted on March 26, 2014 by admin in PTSD Blog.

  Four years ago, forty-eight year-old Wanda Sanchez was clinging to a life without hope. Every day was a struggle to stay alive. She’d planned her suicide and had every intent to carry out her plan. For decades she’d struggled with nightmares, flashbacks, addiction, self-abuse, compulsions, and other behaviors she simply couldn’t control. Rehab was a […]

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  Five Things to Do If You Think You Have PTSD

  Posted on May 19, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.

  I recently did a radio show broadcasting from one of the nation’s largest cities. I was asked to talk about trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, not because I’m a mental health professional, but because I’ve walked through this issue myself and at the side of close friends and family members. Ten years ago, I thought […]

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