Groundbreaking PTSD study could lead to better treatment for soldiers
Study participants reported fewer PTSD symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks or feelings of detachment
December 27, 2016
By Jeremy Schwartz
Austin American-Statesman
LAMPASAS — Sean Brack knew he needed to get help after he came home from his third deployment to Iraq. In late 2010, he walked into a Fort Hood clinic seeking relief from the bursts of anger, nightmares and flashes of suicidal thoughts.
Fort Hood was in the midst of an unfolding suicide crisis. The next year, a record 22 soldiers would kill themselves. "At that point it was a mill," Brack remembers. "It was like 'Let's get 'em in here, here's a handful of Prozac, you'll be fine.' It just didn't feel right."
But then he heard about an experimental therapy that had just arrived at Fort Hood. A type of talk-based treatment, it had a track record of successfully treating post-traumatic stress disorder among civilians, but it hadn't yet been studied among active-duty combat veterans.
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