Resources & Links

We have compiled a list of helpful books and links for you. Obviously these are not the only resources out there. The more people know about the problems our veterans are facing with PTSD, the more resources are becoming available. That is why it is so important for us to spread the word. If you know of anything helpful or relevant that should be included in this list, please contact our webmaster to have it added. NOTE: links will open in a new window/tab so you may need to tell your pop-up blocker to allow pop-ups from this website.

Mobile App: PTSD Coach

The PTSD Coach app can help you learn about and manage symptoms that commonly occur after trauma.

Features Include:

Reliable information on PTSD and treatments that work
Tools for screening and tracking your symptoms
Convenient, easy-to-use skills to help you handle stress symptoms
Direct links to support and help
Always with you when you need it

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About PTSD

The American Journal of Psychiatry - PTSD Among Military Returnees (Afganistan & Iraq)
Mayo Clinic - PTSD symptoms
PsychCentral - PTSD symptoms
NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health

Facilities & Treatment

Williamson County Mental Health - located in Austin, Texas, Williamson County and they have several other facilities to go to for help on their website
American Family Physician - Primary Care Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Center for Counseling and Health Resources - "A place of hope for people with PTSD"
The Pathway Home - Residential Recovery program for our “New Warriors”
US Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Vet Center
US Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Center for PTSD
DCOE - Defense Centers of Excellence 866-966-1020
Lest We Forget - PTSD Support
San Antonio Area Foundation
ACVOW - American Combat Veterans of War
Give an Hour - "Give hope. Give help."
The Coming Home Project
Hope for Heroes - Samaritan Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care
Patrick Ryan McCaffrey Foundation
Wounded Warrior Project
Restless Minds
Warrior's Hope
Pathways for Veterans
US Dept of Veteran Affairs National Center for PTSD - Self-Help and Coping
The David Lynch Foundation - Operation Warrior Wells Wellness
The David Lynch Foundation -Overcoming the Nightmare of Post-Traumatic Stress

News & Articles

October 29, 2002 - Pentagon: No More G.I. Guinea Pigs [web]
April 17, 2008 - 1/5 Iraq & Afghanistan Vets Suffer...[web]
June 17, 2008 - G.I.'s Used as 'Guinea Pigs' [web] [video]
August 25, 2008 - Denver Post article "The Battle Within" [web] [large PDF]
August 27, 2008 - Injured troops increasingly turning to prescription... [web] [PDF]
January 10, 2009 - PTSD victim booted for ‘misconduct’ [web]
June 2, 2009 - SOS from VFW: Combat Vets in Trouble [web]
August 6, 2009 - Soldier's invisible war: Iraq vet charged... [web]
October 22, 2009 - When War Follows You Home by Ricky Hysell [PDF]
November 3, 2009 - Suicide toll fuels worry that army is strained [web] [PDF]
November 13, 2009 - Cpl. Andrew White, Sgt. Eric Layne [web] [PDF]
November 18, 2009 - Army suicides on track to be worse... [web] [PDF]
January 25, 2010 - Thousands of vets could get benefits upgrade [web] [PDF]
February 24, 2010 - $3 Million in Grants Available from TX Vets Commission [PDF]
March, 2010 - GQ Magazine: The Few, the Proud, the Broken [web] [PDF]
March 6, 2010 - Are vets being given deadly cocktails to treat PTSD? [web] [PDF]
April 2010 - "Fear Less": 11-20% of Iraq and Afghanistan vets have PTSD [web] [PDF]
April 15, 2010 - Are Vets Being Given Deadly Cocktails to Treat PTSD? [web] [PDF]
May 31, 2010 - Drugged to Death [PDF]
June 4, 2010 - Make an effort to bring peace to our troubled vets [web] [PDF]
June 9, 2010 - Accidental Overdoses Alarm Military Officials [web]
June 23, 2010 - Dying in Their Sleep: The Invisible Plague Attacking US Soldiers [web]
July 23, 2010 - USA Today: Mental illness costing military soldiers [web]
September 3, 2010 - Drugged to death: Accidental overdoses from Rx cocktails alarm military officials [web] [PDF]
September 3, 2010 - Rx for death: Troop deaths soar with prescriptions for war wounded - "It happens on average once every five days - an active-duty service member is found dead..." [web] [PDF]
September 3, 2010 - Psych meds spike among younger troops [web] [PDF]
January 28, 2011 - Martha Rosenberg: Despite Scandals and Troop Deaths, Seroquel Now Marketed for Depression [web] [PDF]
February 6, 2011 - New York Magazine: The Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Celexa, Effexor, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan, Restoril, Xanax, Adderall, Ritalin, Haldol, Risperdal, Seroquel, Ambien, Lunesta, Elavil, Trazodone War [web] [PDF]
February 12, 2011 - New York Times: For Some Troops, Powerful Drug Cocktails Have Deadly Results [web] [PDF]
March 15, 2011 - Martha Rosenberg: Oh That? Seroquel Marketing Undeterred by This Week's Deceptive Marketing Settlement [PDF]
March 22, 2011 - NextGov.com: Half the Afghanistan and Iraq veterans treated by VA receive mental health care [web] [PDF]
May 10, 2011 - Statesman.com: Appeals court blast VA mental health care system [PDF]
June 2, 2011 - NPR: Returned Combat Veteran: 'Anxiety Trumps Logic' [PDF]
July 18, 2011 - NY Times: Heart Warning Added to Label on Popular Antipsychotic Drug [web] [PDF]
July 19, 2011 - POGO Letter to FDA Commissioner Hamburg Concerning the Potentially Dangerous Interaction of the Drugs Seroquel and Methodone [web] [PDF]
August 2, 2011 - NY Times: Drugs Found Ineffective for Veterans’ Stress [web] [PDF]
August 5, 2011 - NextGov: Defense Panel Backs Controversial Drug Treatments, But Can't Track Impact [web] [PDF]
September 28, 2011 - NextGov: Military continues off-label drug use, despite concerns [web] [PDF]
October 12, 2011 - Huffington Post: Beyond the Battlefield [web] [PDF]
December 29, 2011 - New European Heart Journal: Psychotropic Drugs and Sudden Death [DOC]
January 28, 2012 - The Daily Caller: A father's anguish: Military killed my son with prescription pad [PDF]
March 12, 2012 - Antipsychotic Drugs Grow More Popular for Patients without Mental Illness - by Sandra G. Bookman [PDF]
March 19, 2012 - Was Sgt Bales on Psychiatric Drugs - by Fred A. Baughman Jr MD [PDF]
April 7, 2012 - A fog of drugs and war - by Kim Murphy, LA Times [PDF]
April 11, 2012 - NextGov: Inability to track prescriptions adds to Marine drug abuse problem - by Bob Brewin [PDF]
May 3, 2012 - Army Times: Pentagon to limit antipsychotic drugs for PTSD - by Patricia Kime [PDF]
May 17, 2012 - NextGov: Mental illness is the leadiing cause of hospitalization for active-duty troops - by Bob Brewin [PDF]
June 3, 2012 - HattiesburgAmerican.com: Widow pushes for change in treatment for PTSD - by Jesse Bass [PDF]
June 14th, 2012 - The US Military and Off-Label Antipsychotic Use - by Ed Silverman [DOC]
June 3rd 2012 Widow pushes for change in treatment for PTSD - Jesse Bass [PDF]

Audio Recordings

Julie Oligschlaeger talks on BBC Radio about her son's PTSD Play Recording

For news articles about Cpl. Chad Oligschlaeger, visit Chad's Gallery

Videos

Cpl. Chris Dupee gives us insight into the troubling silence that many sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder endure.

Having served in Afghanistan Chris knows from first hand experience the whirlwind of emotions one deals with upon returning home. The statistics are staggering and the code of silence needs to be broken. The stigma from coming forward and seeking help must be abolished and it begins with closely examining yourself and identifying your needs. There is help out there.

Why are soldiers dying in their sleep? ABC11 Raleigh, NC. Read more about this story here.

Special report: Healing the hidden wounds of war

Films

Wartorn 1861-2010: (HBO Documentary Films) from executive producer James Gandolfini, this documentary explores combat stress and posttraumatic stress on military personnel and their families throughout recorded American military history.

FRONTLINE: The Wounded Platoon: Tells the dark tale of the men of Third Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st battalion of the 506th infantry; and how the war followed them home.

Books

	Two Wars: Former army ranger Nate Self, a hero from the Robert’s Ridge rescue in Afghanistan, tells his whole story—from the pulse-pounding battle in the mountains of Afghanistan to the high-stakes battle he has waged against post traumatic stress disorder. By Nate Self.		Surviving the Shadows: A gripping and insightful exploration of PTSD, which has risen to crisis levels and is an issue Delaney knows firsthand. By Bob Delaney.
	Back from the Front: Combat Trauma, Love, and the Family by Aphrodite Matsakis		Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families by Keith Armstrong, Dr. Suzanne Best and Dr. Paula Domenici. Forward by Bob Dole.
	Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq by Stanley Krippner Ph.D. and Daryl S. Paulson		House to House: An Epic Memoir of War by David Bellavia
	Moving A Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops by Ilona Meagher. Introduction by Robert Roerich		The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms by Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula
	Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital by Heidi Squier Kraft		Veterans's PTSD Handbook: How to File and Collect on Claims for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by John D. Roche