Battling the Storm Within

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Laws encourage alternatives to prison for veterans with PTSD


  



RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former Army sergeant's defenders say he truly believed he was protecting fellow soldiers from a Taliban bomber when he emptied 24 rounds at police and firefighters responding to a fire in his apartment.
Psychologists testified that Joshua Eisenhauer returned from Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress that made him a paranoid, hyper-vigilant insomniac, and so delusional that he drew his 9 mm handgun whenever anyone came to his door in Fayetteville, North Carolina.


Read more...
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fe162fd4bc0b43b8bfcf97f96954ea51/laws-encourage-alternatives-prison-veterans-ptsd


Learn more...
www.battlingthestormwithin.com

No comments: