I never thought there was an inbetween, I thought there was dead & alive

As we live out our day to day life we often take for granted the ability to walk, hear, see, and many more things. Its something that most dont think about until you lose it, but my thoughts and prayers are with our wounded warriors who have risked their life, limb and eye sight for our freedom. As they return back from combat, the life they used to know is gone and many are deserted by friends and family. I pray so diligently for our government to begin properly treating our soldiers. You dont have to be missing a leg to be a wounded warrior, its mental health as well as physical.  As the nation approaches the ten-year mark of combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, we risk losing the war on mental health for this generation of veterans. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs refocus its approach to returning warriors mental health and to mount a more aggressive strategy to win this critical battle. The number of veterans from the current conflicts experiencing combat stress continues to climb, with the prospect of a generation of veterans at risk for chronic mental health problems. Post-traumatic stress and other combat-related mental health conditions can be treated. And VA has many excellent mental health clinicians. Yet VA’s approach to the challenge is flawed. Seriously, any thoughts?


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