Service Dogs Help Veterans with PTSD
September 6, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
It took a long time for post-traumatic stress disorder to be classified as a real diagnosis and even longer to find ways to help people who were experiencing it. You can have a mild version of PTSD or you can have life-affected PTSD, making it almost impossible to live as you would like.
Sadly, many people who live with PTSD are returning service men and women. Regardless of their work in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, the events they see, hear, their experiences, have an enormous impact on them once they return home.
While some veterans are able to cope with counseling …read more




