taking care of veterans that come back with posttraumatic stress, we need to talk about this, we needg light to it, we don't need to medicate veterans and sit them in a room and tell them that they're getting better. we need to find real cures. we need to make -- just have the public embrace this and find ways to solve this problem. thank you. host: this is a question about policy in wisconsin. and he asks -- with the jobs, i thought of a veteran went into the service, when they got back they got their old job back, please explain that. especially people in the reserves. guest: thanks, herb, for the question. if you are a guard or reserve there is a law, protection for active duty, that that employer must hold that job for them. we need to inform the employers what that law requires. and also the guard and reserve members, it goes both members. those guard and reserve members need to know how to communicate what their orders are saying and what their requirements are through the guard and reserve and the employer needs to understand their end as well. host: next calling, virginia, pat

six times more likely to commit suicide than if you do have posttraumatic stress. you are six times more likely to participate in partner aggression which is a nice term for something else. i mean, we just don't know, and if anything, we need to continue the research. now, we think we're close to having a biomarker for concussion which will be huge. there are no biomarkers for the brain right now. i mean, if, you know, the scary part for me at my age is going to the doctor is not the examination, it's when the blood work comes back. you just hope the guy has a smile on his face because he can tell from that blood work just about everything about you except how your brain is doing. and we think we are very, very close to having a biomarker where we're going to be able to when a soldier is in some kind of an event which we think is a concussive event we can go up to them, ec prick their finger -- we can prick their finger, and we will be able to tell whether or not that individual has had a concussion. the co-morbidity between the symptoms between post traumatic stre

so many of them are coming back with devastating levels of posttraumatic stress disorder.it but i personally had never seen what ptsd looked like or felt like until i was invited into the lives of these incredible veterans who really exposed to me their darkest demons. what i saw there was so incredible and devastating, but i also saw when i accompanied them to this incredible wellness retreat them call their spirits back in the most profound way and it really gave me hope that there are alternatives. and there is hope for these veterans who are dealing with this kind of trauma. >> and this is not short term. you follow peter, who returned from the gulf war eight years ago and his wife, andrea. how is ptsd affecting their lives? what's it doing to them? >> well, peter is constantly on alert. he's paranoid. he can't even go to his son's baseball practice without standing by the gate because he's just so on edge. it has been wreaking havoc on his entire family for a very long time. >> what about him? >> that's peter. and when you watch him, this is literally what he's like e

clearly the posttraumatic stress disorder is one, but a lot of affective disorders are oftentimes really trauma based. a lot of the issues with people with the axis ii or the personality disorders, the people that are labeled borderline personality, we oftentimes see a untreated early experience of physical, sexual abuse, abandonment, neglect, or the witnessing of violence. ms. cain, you're working now as a peer-to-peer counselor in our center. talk to us about, what was your initial experience with trauma? well, all of my life i've been traumatized. i grew up in a household where i was sexually abused by men in the community that used to visit my mother. and i think i really vivid, a lot of the flashbacks at age 9, i'm pretty sure, probably happened earlier, but a lot of that comes from age 9 is when i realized that, oh my goodness this is not how it's supposed to be, and i started drinking as a result because i couldn't cope with it. at that early age? at age 9, i drank every day. at age 9 because it helped me to numb out what was going on in my life. so, after being in a household of

contracted treatment providers use either beyond trauma and/or seeking safety therapy for trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse. one treatment provider says that 99 percent of the women who come into treatment have lived through some type of severe trauma, often domestic violence or sexual abuse. the women learn they are not alone, that their traumatic event happened to others. it helps them to open up, talk about, and learn to heal from their experience. a relapse doesn't mean you're out and we're done with you. it means you had a relapse, now let's keep going. we've had families where a parent has been close to graduating dependency drug court and has had a slip-up. and the true test of that particular parent is: okay, i made a mistake, i'm done, i'm going to walk away, or okay, i made a mistake, i'm going to reengage immediately and actively do what i've been taught to do, utilize it not only for myself because that's the most important thing, but recovery must be for the individual first and foremost. i remember when i graduated, and she came down off of the bench to com

autobiographical narrative, decorated veteran and best-selling author karl marlantes comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms. jumping up in the middle of the night and running outside without knowing what was going on. you know, a car would honk behind me and i would get out of my own and just attack the car behind me. and he said to me, have you ever been in a war? and that hit me so hard. in the middle of this room, 80 people, i started bawling, snot coming out of my nose. if you have ever been in a war -- it was that simple. and when he got me back into some semblance of control, he said, you've got ptsd, have you ever heard about it? and i said no. >> sunday night on q&a. >> next a new study looking at pay for public school teachers. this is about 30 minutes. public school teachers of make about $1.50 for every dollar that they're supposed to garner and private-sector jobs. and your biggs, explain to us what led you to do this study. >> obviously public sector compensation is a big deal around the country. states and

i have two sections where i can look at this and on the posttraumatic stress syndrome, my father came home from vietnam and we just had to deal with it. there was not anything available. we just had to deal with. if a firecracker went off, he ran under the bed. his anger was extreme. one of the things they need to do with posttraumatic stress is bring the families in and asked if their fathers have changed. is there something going on you have noticed that is different? a child can talk for the mother can talk. we lived through that. my father served in vietnam, korea, and he served in japan tribunals. he is now 83 years old. we have been fighting for three months where we are supposed to have these veterans programs available for people 75 and older or he can get in house care. i recently found out that the program is available in tennessee, but my father lives in kentucky. it has not been opened there. i was wondering if we have these things that we announced that veterans can use -- host: concerned about getting access to benefits. guest: that is something that department of vetera

acceptance of posttraumatic stress, as we understand it better, acceptance has increased. i served in the marines as well. we have had top-level generals say that they suffer with post- traumatic stress. there is a better acceptance today. we hope it will help drive people away from that stigma of having issues and seek help. the second part, if you have a disability related to your service, contact your vfw service officer. you can find it on our website. they will walk you through the process and make sure you find your medical records and get disability payment for that. host: to give you a sense as we wrap up about the discussions in capitol hill about veterans benefits, this is report from the associated press. what does this all mean t organization? guest: fimian we have a fight on our hands. vfw is opposed to changing the way that tricare beneficiaries receive their care. any added fees, a pharmaceutical peace. this is an earned benefit, and a great recruitment and retention tool for the military, if we want to keep a strong military and key quality people in leader

. >> in his new autobiographical narrative, he finally recognizes and comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder eighth decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy bank about my symptoms. running outside without knowing what was going on. a car would honk behind me and i would be angry and attacking the car behind me. he said, have you ever bent in a war? that hit me so hard. i was in a room of 80 people. i started bolling was not coming out of my news -- nose. he says you have ptsd. have you ever heard of it? i said no. >> this week on "the communicator's" a discussion on voice of america with david ensor.

there's a new program out there that helps vets deal with posttraumatic stress disorder.alled guitars for vets. teaching them to play gives them a chance to focus on something new. check this out. >> i've been playing guitar since i was in the seventh grade. i just love doing it. it's a freedom when i play guitar. i can take every emotion i had, whether it's mad or glad or whatever and put it out in a song. my name is mike gallon. i'm one of the instructors with guitars for vets. >> i was in the army, stationed in missouri. >> i went to the first gulf war in '91 and the second one in '03. >> home based out of norfolk, virginia. >> it's more informal. it's not a strict teacher. we just kind of hang out and talk. >> when i feel like i'm about to slid away, i look across the room, i pick up the guitar, pull out some of the sheet music and the tabs and i start playing and i just get lost in it. >> it sooths me. it makes me feel comfortable. i'm away from everybody. >> one of my guys told me, he goes, i don't get out of bed because i'm depressed. now he's playing guitar and he

they're coming back with posttraumatic stress disorders, suici suicidal tendencies.ut most of them coming back, integrate themselves back into society, go back to their families. >> stanley mccrystal wrote an essay recently. we have left the concept of service become dangerously narrow, often associated only with the military and this allows most americans to avoid the sense of responsibility essential for us to care for our nation and for each other. we expect and demand of ourselves than we should. what do you make of that? >> i'm sorry, i don't fully -- i see the point that he's trying to make. in the work that i do with the america's promise alliance that i founded some 14 years ago, we're able the get lots of people involved in service. lot of people are stepping forward to mentor kids in school. to read to kids in school. to give more of their resources to people in need. and one of the things that we have been doing with the america's promise alliance, we made one of the key features of our program, service to others among young people. as early as possible, y

it is not clear if carefully counting those with traumatic brain injuries and posttraumatic stress issues. host: becky is a republican from tulsa. caller: my nephew came home from afghanistan. he was diagnosed with ptsd. he was released from the military for that. the only answer from the military doctors was to give him medication. there was nothing done to help him deal with the underlying issues, to give him tools. what can we do as the american public to do something to effect change and say we're not just going to medicate, we're going to do something better than that? guest: thank you for your call. that is an issue i hear frequently. the concern is that what individuals struggling really need is care in the form of counseling and extended care. medication is a quicker answer. it is not always the right answer. sometimes that is a reflection of the shortage of care providers we have in the effort to treat so many who need care. there are so few opportunities for providers to help them. that will be a continuing issue. i would encourage you and other families to be aware of the strug

lost their hearing, some lands, severely burned, some came back with traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder, and through the mission continues they have become martial arts instructors and humanity in the red cross and mothers against drunk driving. together those fellows have actually turned to their fellow americans and asked them to join in service and together with those fellows at the mission continues we have actually had over 13,000 americans and to service work with and alongside our veterans and communities across the country. and what i have learned from those men and women, what i learned during this humanitarian work overseas, doing navy s.e.a.l.s training, the wounded and disabled veterans who we work with, that what they do every day is very difficult, but not complicated. but they do every day is the wake of command with their heart they set a direction for themselves and they said the purpose and they said a passion in service to others. and then what they do is they walk up half every single day with courage and perseverance and the fist of discipline so tha

autobiographical narrative, decorated veteran and best-selling author karl marlantes comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms. jumping up in the middle of the night and running outside without knowing what was going on. you know, a car would honk behind me and i would get out of my own and just attack the car behind me. and he said to me, have you ever been in a war? and that hit me so hard. in the middle of this room, 80 people, i started bawling, snot coming out of my nose. if you have ever been in a war -- it was that simple. and when he got me back into some semblance of control, he said, you've got ptsd, have you ever heard about it? and i said no. >> sunday night on q&a. >> wednesday, watch live streaming coverage of the annual national book awards from new york city. red carpet interviews with a non-fiction finalists. the awards ceremony starts a 6:00 p.m. eastern. this evening, we're live from the miami book fair in a miami. find a complete schedule online. >> president obama began his nine-day trip to the asia- pa

. >> in his new narrative, the decorated veteran recognizes and comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder, decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms, you know, jumping up and the middle of the night and running outside without knowing what was going on. d honk behind my car and i would be out of my car, attacking. said, have you ever been in a war? i started bawling, snot coming out of my nose. it was that simple. when he finally got me back into some semblance of control, he said, you've got ptsd. have you ever heard of it? no. >> or about his life on c-span's "q&a." >> this week on prime minister's questions, the british prime minister discusses youth unemployment, the eurozone crisis, and border security. prime minister's questions, sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific, c-span. today, president obama began a nine-day trip through the asia- pacific region with a weakened economic conference in hawaii. on his way, he stopped in san diego to speak to troops aboard the uss carl vinson, where he gave his weekly address. he honors veterans or t

decorated veteran and best selling off -- author karl marlantes recognizes and comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress syndrome. >> jumping out of that without recognizing what was going on, car would halt behind me, i would get out, just angry, just attacking the car behind me. and he said to me, "have you ever been in a war?" that hit me so hard. i am in the middle of this room with 80 people. i started bawling. it's not coming out of my nose. -- snot coming out of my nose. when he finally got me back in some semblance of control, he ptsd."you've got you ever heard of it?" >> this weekend, collaborator, a conspirator, or ennis and boarding home owner? a group of lawyers and jurors retry mary surratt on charges she was involved with president lincoln's assassination. and from lectures in history, boston university professor thomas whalen on the presidency and cold war policy. look for the complete weekend schedule and at c-span.org /history. this weekend, the reactionary mind off their core robins and columnists discuss the history of conservatism. and connally is a rise recounts her years in

which has video profile where a number of soldiers such as myself comes back and says, i have posttraumatictress, i was able to maintain my military career rather than having people think i was weak and losing my security clearance and getting kicked out of the military. >> for you, you literally are putting a face on this and saying to others, you know, these are issues that can be dealt with in a very effect siev way and you don't have to be alone when it comes to this, right? >> absolutely. absolutely. and the not being alone piece is key because there are friends and family and an entire community out there who really want to support the service members. the other piece to the real warriors campaign, the website also boasts a number of fact sheets helping family and friends helping family members learn what your loved ones experience, gain facts about if they recognize some signs. how to engage them to seek help >> what are many soft things that the families might be looking for. obviously, there are some behavior that are normal. what are some of the things that family members may want

and when he finally got me back into some semblance of control, he said, you've got posttraumatic stress disorder. you ever heard about it? i said no. >> more about his life sunday night. >> monday, house democratic forum on state voting law changes and voters' rights. you'll hear remarks from representative john conyers, house minority leader's steny hoyer, and the president of the naacp. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> i want to make sure that we have taken every step possible to bring peace of mind to the family members who have -- of our fallen heroes, and for that reason, this review commission will look at the processes and procedures there and make sure that we are implementing the highest standards in dealing with the remains of our fallen heroes. and in addition to that, i want to make certain that we have taken all appropriate disciplinary action here. >> with respect to the most recent accusations, i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. >> with hundreds of hours of new public affairs programming available each week, the c-span video library is

. >> karl marlantes finally recognizes and comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms. you know, jumping up in the middle of the night running out site without even knowing what was going on. the car would hope behind me. i would get out of my own car, just angry, just attacking the car behind me. and he said to me, he says, "have you ever been in a war?" that hit me so hard. i am in the middle of this room with 80 people, and started bawling. it was that simple. when he finally got me back into some semblance of control, he says, "you have ptsd. have you ever heard of it?" >> more tonight on c-span's " q&a." every week and on american history to become the people and events that document american story. collaborators/conspirator or innocent boarding home owner? a group of lawyers, judges, and historians retry mary surratt on charges that she was involved in president lincoln assassination. send to prison for his role in watergate, macgruder on working on the committee to reelect. and boston university prof

. >> in his new autobiographical narrative, he finally comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorderades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms. jumping up in the middle of the night, running inside without knowing what was going on, the car honking behind me, just being out of my mind angry, attacking. he said to me, "have you ever been in a war/" that hit me so hard. i am in a room with 80 people and i started bawling. have i ever been in a war? it was that simple. when i got under some semblance of control, he said, "you have ptsd. ever heard of it?" >> on wednesday, the head of the transportation scary administration announced a pre- check program for passengers which allows for pre-screening before the airport. los angeles, minneapolis will join miami, dallas, detroit, and atlanta. this announcement was made at a transportation and commerce meeting. this is just under two hours. >> senator rockefeller is on the floor managing a bill there. i have been asked to take over and i was more willing to do that. i thank everyone for being here today. despite this

addiction, posttraumatic stress disorder, and strained family relations can collude to leave veterans without shelter. while these factors may explain homelessness, they do not excuse us as a nation from remedying it. i do not know with any certainty what if any roots causes led to his homelessness, but i'm certain our nation owed him better. we owed him more than a makeshift cam national park a local woods. we must rededicate ourselves to the service of those who serve our nation. the story of john griffin is not rare. but we must work to make it so because among the men and women who sacrificed and risked their lives in the service of our nation, one homeless veteran is too many. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from louisiana, mr. cast, is recognized -- mr. cassidy, is recognized for two minutes. mr. cassidy: request unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cassidy: unemployment continues to whoever over 9%. that is a statistic, but we know it's not just a statistic, it is a family. it is

national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> author finally recognizes and comes to terms with his posttraumatictress disorder, decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms, jumping up in the middle of the night, running outside without knowing what was going on. a car would halt behind me and i would be out of my own car and just angry, just attacking. he said to me, have you ever been in war? that hit me so hard. i was in the middle of a room with 80 people. i started calling, snot coming out -- bolling -- bawling, snot coming out of my nose. when i finally got under some semblance of control, he said, you've got ptsd. have you ever heard of it? >> more on "q&a." >> on prime minister's questions, the prime minister discusses youth unemployment, the eurozone crisis, and border security. prime minister's questions sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. on tuesday, senator orrin hatch emphasized his opposition to tax increases as a method to cut the nation's debt. he stressed the need for tax reform and control in health care spending. his remarks came during

> the decorated veteran and best selling author finally recognizes and comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i started telling him about my symptoms like jumping up in the middle of the night and running outside without knowing what was going on. i would be angry and attacking the car behind me. he said, have you ever been in a war? that hit me so hard in the middle of this room of 80 people. i started bawling, snot coming out of my nose. it was that simple. when he finally got me into some semblance of control, he said, you have ptsd. >> more on that tonight on "q&a." >> arlington cemetery is located in virginia across the potomac from the lincoln memorial. president obama made a visit to the national cemetery and participated in a wreath-laying cemetery at the tomb of the unknown. >> present. ♪ ["national anthem"] ♪ >> present. [drum rolls] "taps"] ♪ >> order. ♪ eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord. he is trampling out the vineyards where the grapes of wrath are stored. -- is terrible swift sword. his truth is marching on. glory, glor

mall standing issues such as agent orange, combat posttraumatic stress disorder, making it easier forbenefits they aren't. no president since franklin roosevelt has done more for the nation's veterans to answer the call of the general turned the tide at midway, fought and defeated the 68 offensive, liberated kuwait, topple saddam hussein, drove the taliban and to hiding and brought osama bin laden to justice. [applause] we could not ask for a stronger advocate for veterans and for the men and women who served today in uniform who will be tomorrow's veterans. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great personal and professional honor to present our commander in chief, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [applause] >> thank you. please be seated. thank you, secretary sinn secchi, for your commitment to our veterans and your service to our country. -- thank you, secretary shin seki. we think every active-duty service member, better and, of our armed services. there are many responsible does that come with this job but none more humbling then serving as your commander in

devastating, killing and maiming our troops and causing loss of limbs, traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress, and other injuries that are the signature wounds of the ongoing wars. in fact, roadside cause 60% of all casualties in afghanistan. they are the hidden killers in this war. and i speak with the urgency of an elected official who -- whose state citizens are at risk and who are returning with these signature wounds of war and whose lives and limbs can be preserved if we act effectively. i speak as a citizen who has visited the hospitals and the troops who have come back. we all have visited our constituents and their families, their loved ones, their friends and neighbors who have been victims of these terrible weapons of destruction. most i.e.d.'s in afghanistan, in fact more than 80%, are made with materials originating in pakistan. there is no magic bullet or pan seea -- panacea to solve this problem or address the challenge. it will take a comprehensive fight. both the provisions contained in the foreign operations appropriations bill with regard to pakistan and the vital fo