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FORT CARSON NEWS
Fort Carson soldiers’ health a priority
Tom Roeder, the Gazette
Commander wants a network of caregivers
Military Overmedicating Troops, Counselors Charge
Mansi Mehan and David Schneider, ABC News
Counselors and Therapists Charge the Military Tries to Medicate Its Veterans’ Pain Away
Hidden Wounds Lead to Drugs
Robert Lewis and Kate McCarthy, ABC News
As more U.S. service members return home from Iraq and Afghanistan after witnessing the horrors of war, more will turn to drugs and alcohol to cope.
That’s according to mental health experts who say there is a strong correlation between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, and substance abuse. PTSD is an anxiety disorder that afflicts people who have been through a traumatic event.
High at the Mountain Post
Robert Lewis and Kate McCarthy, ABC News
They were prepared for war. They were prepared to die for their country. But Fort Carson soldiers say they weren’t prepared to come home and fight a different battle — addiction to illegal drugs.
Many of this country’s bravest men and women who volunteered to defend America in a time of war have come home wounded — physically and mentally — and are turning to illicit drugs as they adjust to normal life, according to soldiers, health experts and advocates.
Ft. Carson General’s Top Priority Is Care
Erin Emery, The Denver Post November 4, 2007
Maj. Gen. Mark Graham is reaching out to experts to help provide services for soldiers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, brain injuries and other “soldiering issues.”
