Veterans, post-traumatic stress disorder and state services
On Sunday, I published an article on concerns about whether or not the federal and state governments will be able to deal effectively with an expected jump in the number of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and related mental problems.
The article noted that Gov. Mike Easley had convened a summit on Sept. 27 of professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds to discuss how to ensure that returning veterans get mental-health and substance-abuse services they need, and that a report from that summit was due Monday to Carmen Hooker Odom, the state Secretary of Health and Human Services.
That report was released this morning; you can read it online here.