WEST SACRAMENTO — While Fourth of July fireworks are a traditional sign of celebration for most Americans, they can be painful triggers for military veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Veterans FOX40 spoke with Monday say there aren’t many big campaigns spreading awareness about this issue because vets largely “suffer in silence” about their PTSD. …
By JAMES DAO (New York Times, 27 sept. 2012) For Dennis Selsky, a Vietnam-era veteran with multiple sclerosis, it was lost documents. It seemed that every time he sent records to the Department of Veterans Affairs, they disappeared into the ether. For Mickel Withers, an Iraq war veteran with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, it was a …