i believe posttraumatic stress is a no kidding injury. if you were to get 10 psychologists in here, six or seven would agree with me. the others would say i was nuts, and how dare you say that if you of not studied as long and hard as we have. the stigma is everywhere. it is throughout the service. it is to route civilian life. and it is directed medical community. that is why we are unlocking the secrets of the brain so we have emperor "of events we can point to. it is absolutely critical. that will change so much of how this is handled today, and stop folks like you from having to go through the pain you're proud to go through. >> thank you, general. >> >> next, a look at u.s. innovation policy, with phil wiser. >> mainland high-school students, tell us what part of the constitution has meaning to you, and wide. let us know in a documentary, and get it to c-span by january 20, less than a month away, for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there is $50,000 in cocoa prices. it is open to students grades 6 through 12. for more d

i believe posttraumatic stress is a no kidding injury. if you were to get 10 psychologists in here, six or seven would agree with me. the others would say i was nuts, and how dare you say that if you of not studied as long and hard as we have. the stigma is everywhere. it is throughout the service. it is to route civilian life. and it is directed medical community. that is why we are unlocking the secrets of the brain so we have emperor "of events we can point to. it is absolutely critical. that will change so much of how this is handled today, and stop folks like you from having to go through the pain you're proud to go through. >> thank you, general. >> thank you all. [applause] >> in a few moments, a discussion about the challenges facing wounded veterans looking for work. then, a series of presidential candidates who lost, but had a lasting impact on politics. today, we will look at the campaigns of republican tom dooley. after that, the chairman of google speaking to the economic club of washington, d.c. then, of brain injuries and p

whether it's anger issues, drugs or posttraumatic stress syndrome, some returning u.s. troops and even older veterans get into trouble with the law. the veterans treatment court is offering them an alternative to jail. randi kaye goes in-depth with one man's journey as he turns his life around and gets a second chance. >> reporter: when you think about american troops coming back home after fighting overseas, you probably have this picture in your head, not this. >> this court is now in session. >> reporter: american veterans in court, arrested on any number of charges. that's exactly what happened to this man, manny welch. >> i come from a very good family. my father gave me the choice. he said, you either go to college, get a job, or you go to the service. so i took the naval exam and went to the navy. >> welch was stationed in alameda, california. he worked aboard "uss coral sea" aircraft carrier right after the vietnam ended. >> we were sort of in the peace time, so there was a lot of partying going on, a lot of celebrating going on, a lot of drugs were going on. >>

here she could get help with posttraumatic stress disorder. for her, this private bedroom with a large walk in closet is a great start. >> reporter: there are six bedrooms in this house and some of them still need to be filled. the ones down here in the basement are many for women with children, because there is plenty of space for them to play. >> reporter: that is good news for sandra strickland. the iraqi war vet has two kids. >> two days before christmas last year i was involved in a domestic violence situation and i fled the home with my children. >> reporter: she says it has been a long road but being here reminds her of the military she has missed. >> it is a support system. >> reporter: this is all happening thanks to final salute, inc. founder jess booth says this is just the beginning. >> we have several other properties lined up in dc being remodeled. >> reporter: they hope next year they will be able to house 70 homeless female veterans. >>> the organization is still in need of donations, including furniture and cookware. we have a

during up in the tenderloin, many of our students suffer from the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder. they have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of professional counseling services that has literally transform the lives of our students. there is a community health program. they sponsor a staff member each year that the nutritional programming in our schools, taking students to shop at the civic center farmers' market, teaching science classes, leading stretching class is on the weekend. some of the examples of the activities that this unique program sponsors and promote wellness in our community and beyond. the neighborhood that is better known for its a liquor licenses and corner stores, cpnc has been a leader in promoting healthy minds and bodies. cpnc cares about the port. cpnc cares about families. they care about the community. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, mr. president. members of the board. i am a community representative on the board of the tenderloin neighborhood development corporation. we provide affordable housing for low income residents in

the report will reveal how much veterans have experienced problems and suffered posttraumatic stress since returning home. for the first time, a lesbian couple shared a kiss at a navy home coming. petty officer gay etta kissed her girlfriend, a fellow sailor. as tradition, one sailor is chosen to be the first off the ship to kiss a loved one. >>> this morning, a congressman from wisconsin is taking some heat for calling attention to first lady michelle obama's body. mr. sensor brenner said mrs. obama should watch what she's eating and he referred to her large posterior. the congressman said he would apologize to the first lady. sensor brennsensenbrenner has b talking about better eating. >>> jerry massey, meanwhile, writes the era of political correctness ushered in by the clintons in the '90s as totally steered this country into the wrong direction. >>> don't believe everything you read on your smartphone. a new study shows people are more likely to lie in a text message. researchers discovered police are like 31% -- or lie 31% more via text ves face-to-face. experts believe it's be

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

especially since he was diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder but credits the health care system giving the help that he needs. >> what helped me was individual therapy and just being able to deal with the things that i experienced. >> reporter: they have provide education and counseling and the best job possible protecting his fellow marines. >> maybe if i can get over there, go on a patrol maybe once a week, twice a week, with each squad and kind of see what they are and team of doctors and therapists, he is focusing on recovering strong. marianne farvaro, nbc bay area news. >>> the man accused of 53-year-old thomas and fires and they believe the number is closer to 80. this is surveillance video released last week that investigators say helped them lead to the right side of your screen. he then drives off as you saw and fortunately nobody was damaged in the fire but damage was estimated a at $100,000. >>> investigators are trying to find the cause of the fire in the berkeley hills. the fire started at 8:30 last night and grew from a one alarm to three alarm in just 30 minutes.

when she returned from iraq, she suffered from posttraumatic stress. >> i am considered a disabled vetcause of pt s ddepression and migraines as well. and they do hinder me from working sometimes. >> reporter: lyndon is also strongly committed to employment needs of students. they work with local school systems, the virginia department of rehabilitation services, and local community service boards. >> it is absolutely satisfying to see someone come in with a low sense of self esteem. or a low self-confidence to be able to gain some skills in any of our many lines of business and have an opportunitying to out and to work. >>> megan is a great example of someone who has transitioned due to the help of lyndon resources. today she is studying healthcare administration at george mason university. >> i met a person from lyndon, and he initiated contact with me and he kept pressing me to come and see him for help to find a job. and it was really, was really good. i was like okay, hook me up. if you know a veteran or someone else who has a disability and having trouble finding work go to j. c.

buy less frightening situations no more likely that people in general public to soaper suffered posttraumaticespite the trauma they did not experience long-term damage. if they get help from peers at part of their job to learn effective ways to cope canadian researchers say post trauma counseling makes a difference for a long term it will help. keep your kids in a booster seat until age height and weight surpasses requirements often letting them see to the seat belt wants to beat one criteria for getting past the booster seat by journal of pediatrics reports children of all the weights protected and crushes it restraint properly in a child seat. experts recommend waiting until the final measurement fits before abandoning a child seat. at the end of but not public upstate with the added protection back to you >> mild start to december tom skilling says dr. used forecast coming up. u a great deal serious, we compare our direct rates side by side to find you a great deal even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually we invented that. it's like

>> well, the concerns would be long-term problems like posttraumatic stress, depression. they also have to transition, if they are getting out of the military, there's always that transition back into the civilian sector and the economy's not very good right now. they are concerned about budget cuts on the federal level that might somehow affect the safety net of services that they have. there's a lot on their minds. as you said, they are out of iraq. there's nothing at the moment that will make them go back. that's a huge relief for some of them coming home so close to the holidays. >> david mattingly in ft. bragg. let's go to chris lawrence. that's a mighty idea, to brighten the idea with purple hearts. but this should be filed right under the execution file. >> right. it was a case of purple heart gone wrong. what happened is they sent out about 9,000 of these very special christmas ornaments with be purple heart logo, so to speak. what it was designed to do was to honor or show respect for the men and women that received a purple heart at christmastime. the problem is

or the posttraumatic stress. and it's crittal aical out of conflict that we build a system to be prepared to handle future cases like this. and to ensure that it doesn't happen again. there say -- is a lot of work to be done and identify what is important in those resources environment. and making sure that whatever we do works to prevent this type of situation happening again. >> anyone else? doctor, i want to ask you. one of the things that i think is so upsetting. the first place they went to their primary care physician fell on deaf ears. is this something unusual and how do we prevent that from happening again? >> to reiterate what the general said, and unfortunately not to say it's common but you hear of it occurring. when i showed up in germany they had transitioned striker unit out there and on my first day there were seven walks and this is 2007 and within the year we hired 42 new provider. and of those 42, five of us were veterans. dr. gise from health affairs shared that the v.a. put together a wonderf

the report will reveal how many veterans have experienced marriage problems and suffered from posttraumatictress before returning home. for the first time, a lesbian couple shared the first kiss. a petty officer kissed her girlfriend, a fellow sailor. one sailor is chosen by rav raffle to be the first couple to share a kiss after leaving the ship. >>> several prince william county police officers are on paid and administrative leave this morning after shooting and killing an armed robbery suspect. police pulled a car over connected with a home burglary in woodbridge. the driver was arrested, but the passenger took off running into the woods. police found the men who started walking towards him with a gun. after refusing to drop that gun, officers then shot and killed the man. >>> washington county police are offering a $1,000 reward for anyone with information on this hit and run accident caught on videota videotape. it happened about ten days ago on sterling near the intersection of cottage and fox roads. investigators say the minivan hit a man riding a motorcycle and drove off. police bel

has begun to examine the psychological wounds of posttraumatic stress disorder. it will provide fund forg the v.a. to care for -- funding for the v.a. to care for veterans who suffer from anxiety and substance abuse. prosthetic research in the house reported bill was inadequate. and during floor consideration, the house majority agreed to increase funding by $22 million. while i was pleased to see this increase, i believe we need to do more. the senate-passed bill funds this bill at the f.y. 2011 level, enacted level which is $51 million higher than the house-passed level. i believe the higher funding level should be maintained because of the impact this research can have on the everyday life of our nation's veterans. this nation must get its fiscal house in order. however, even in our -- in our austere budget we need to make room to fully fund our priorities. the medical and prosthetic research program is a high priority. i'm sure all our colleagues agree, we can never repay america's veterans for the sacrifice they made for our country. as a first installment,

. >>> just like their human counterparts, military dogs can suffer from posttraumatic stress disorderh combat forces are developing canine ptsd. one military veterinarian is training other vets to diagnose and treat the disorder. >>> another kind of doggy hero. this boxer actually saved his family from a dangerous leak from their gas fireplace. when he came in from outside, he actually tried to lead his whole family back out. the owner was able to cut off the gas line just in time. >>> what's queen elizabeth doing with yoko ono. we'll complain when we go down to the wire in 20. >>> the republican presidential hopefuls are pulling out all the stops in iowa, just one month away from the january 3rd caucuses. mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry all releasing new ads sparking an all-out media blitz. take a look at the perry ad with him poking fun at himself for his less-than-stellar debate performance. >> commerce, education and the -- what's the third one there? department of energy, you know we've all lost our train of thought before but not many have done it on national tv. if you

combat disorders, decreased functioning and community impairments and emotional instability and posttraumatic stress disorder and others. the landmark adverse childhood experiences or studies. also demonstrated between childhood trauma and the presence of adult diseases, including heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and liver disease as well as unintended day, transmitted diseases and alcoholism. based on the study, childhood trauma may be the leading cause of poor health among adult in the united states. pediatricians are an excellent position to detect and prevent abuse because of their unique relationship with families and experience in child development. pediatricians are trained to identify injuries and behavioral changes resulting from abuse or neglect and to understand the physician's role in treating or reporting abuse. however, there were inconsistencies with what is considered suspicious and sometimes limited understanding of the child abuse reporting process, even within the medical community. as president of the american academy of pediatrics, i can assure you provided the

is a much broader problem of american political discourse, that is clearly sort of a post-9/11, posttraumaticthat in that moment, we decide that there's a whole another group that is our enemy, and that is -- >> this is the central demographic problem of the republican party on the right, which is that their main constituency is white men who have been left behind in the economic, you know, in the economy, over the last 30 years, and so the right -- >> well, they still hold most of the wealth and most of the income. >> well, working class white men. >> yes, but working class white men have not done worse than working class black men or worse -- >> done worse -- >> white men -- >> -- ever done before. so that's it! >> -- declining relatively. and i'm not -- the republicans, then want to appeal to -- this is their core constituency. so they're marginalizing themselves, as you both were talking about, with immigrants, with hispanics, with muslims, with gays. baa the issue here is that they're fighting within themselves for -- >> and to what noble end? a question we will have many, many months an

the erie event in june loss found herself battling posttraumatic stress disorder. >> it reminded me ofn you're in the marketplace and not know of someone without it kills us. >>reporter: this week president obama went to fort bragg in north carolina to mark to the north end. and outside the base thereto murder-suicide by the are rocky veterans. former sergeant is the same is in our regional director of to the veterans of america. >> 18 veterans, six committing suicide for day in 13 attempts to commit suicide today and these are insane specifics. >>reporter: this afternoon charles clifford set down in a group of blue star moms and leave it to get their reaction to the war officially ending. >>reporter: this chapter of the blue star moms was formed after september 11th. they are relieved that the war and i iraq is finally over and thousands are coming home. >> i know that my son and thousands of others are still serving in very dangerous places. >> i am happy that my sons will have to go over there again. >> i am pleased that is coming to an end and i'm hopeful that the i rock people can

at 8:00 tonight, the army vice chief of staff on brain injuries and posttraumatic stress disorder.fter that, a discussion on challenges facing wounded veterans. it then, "the contenders." c-span's series looking at president roh candidates who lost but had an impact on politics. we will look to the 1944 and 1948 campaigns of republican tom

. >> posttraumatic stress disorder. one of those kids out there ends up coming home and dealing with. >> good to see you this morning. we appreciate it. >>> right now, we're going to pivot and change gears here. we're going to talk about some dating woes now. it's always a battle to find a partner who is right and millions of people have gotten help on the internet. >> but now the baby boomer generation and even their generation, are looking for love online. national corespondent dean reynolds reports. >> reporter: linda and andy dovik are as in love today as they were the day they were married, in september. >> you are beautiful. >> both widowed after long marriages, the couple met in july of 2010 online. >> each of us were married for some time, so it was kind of awkward to get back into a dating situation. there you are. >> reporter: so andy and a few months later linda turned to online dating as a way out of their social isolation. >> it's really a hard time for a woman to find somebody. >> especially at our age. >>

it also led to a new family strengthening intervention a posttraumatic stress symptoms and disorders in children by 73% when they're able to identify this. the problem of children exposed to violence are great. so are the opportunities that are enormous. law enforcement partnerships are just one example of many possible ways of collaborating weather and an emergency room, schools, courts, a neighborhood. most importantly in the homes of the children that are most affected. it is with great gratitude that i n serving on this task force. it is a special with great gratitude to the department of justice and to the attorney that has been a great leader over the last decade in helping us develop plans better comprehensive and a way of moving forward. thank you. >> >> good morning. i am a physician at boston medical center. this is a hospital that treats the majority of the youth who are injured by violent crimes. i am in the director of the intervention advocacy program from the emergency department. we provide comprehensive care and support to you for who are injured by violent crime. we

it also led to a new family strengthening intervention a posttraumatic stress symptoms and disorders in children by 73% when they're able to identify this. the problem of children exposed to violence are great. so are the opportunities that are enormous. law enforcement partnerships are just one example of many possible ways of collaborating weather and an emergency room, schools, courts, a neighborhood. most importantly in the homes of the children that are most affected. it is with great gratitude that i n serving on this task force. it is a special with great gratitude to the department of justice and to the attorney that has been a great leader over the last decade in helping us develop plans better comprehensive and a way of moving forward. thank you. >> >> good morning. i am a physician at boston medical center. this is a hospital that treats the majority of the youth who are injured by violent crimes. i am in the director of the intervention advocacy program from the emergency department. we provide comprehensive care we provide comprehensive care and support to youth who are

it also led to a new brief answer strengthened intervention that decreases posttraumatic stress symptoms and disorders in children by 73% when we are able to identify, treat families. the problem of children exposed to violence is great. but so are the opportunities. mental health and law- enforcement partnerships is one example of many possible ways of collaborating, whether in emergency rooms, social service agencies, schools, courts, neighborhoods, and most important, in the homes of the children that are most affected. it is with great gratitude that i am serving on this task force. but it is especially with great gratitude with the department of justice and attorney general holder who has been active in the last decade in helping us develop plans, comprehensive plans, in a way of moving forward for the country. thank you. >> good morning. my name is thea james. i am the director of a violence intervention program that works of the emergency department. we provide comprehensive care and support to youth who are our patience who -- for our patients who are affected by violence. the go

combat disorders, decreased functioning and community impairments and emotional instability and posttraumatic stress disorder and others. the landmark adverse childhood experiences or studies. also demonstrated between childhood trauma and the presence of adult diseases including heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and liver disease as well as unintended day, transmitted diseases and alcoholism. based on the study, childhood trauma may be the leading cause of poor health among adult in the united states. pediatricians are an excellent position to detect and prevent abuse because of their unique relationship with families and experience in child development. pediatricians are trained to identify injuries and behavioral changes resulting from abuse or neglect and to understand the physician's role in treating or reporting abuse. however, there were inconsistencies with what is considered suspicious and sometimes limited understanding of the child abuse reporting process, even within the medical community. as president of the american academy of pediatrics, i can assure you provided the

like posttraumatic occupy therapy?e a look at the cover of the new york post today. zoom in right here. here is an occupy wall street woman who has been hired on wall street for 15 days, she was down at zuccotti park and holding that sign, ask me for my resume. somebody who asked her for her resume is wayne kaufman, the chief market analyst for john storms financial and he joins us on the phone right now. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: okay. first of all, you walked by this gal a couple of days. what caused you to ask for the resume? >> just open mindedness, curiousity. i was going down to zuccotti park two or three times a week after the whole thing began. i was very interested in it and i would go down there and gauge some of the scheme find out what they're all about, if they really knew what was going on. this was a saturday afternoon. i had been in the office. i had a meeting with tom, our ceo, and afterward, i went down there and i saw her. it was very crowded that day. i just was curious. i took

combat disorders, decreased functioning and community impairments and emotional instability and posttraumatic stress disorder and others. the landmark adverse childhood experiences or studies. also demonstrated between childhood trauma and the presence of adult diseases, including heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and liver disease as well as unintended day, transmitted diseases and alcoholism. based on the study, childhood trauma may be the leading cause of poor health among adult in the united states. pediatricians are an excellent position to detect and prevent abuse because of their unique relationship with families and experience in child development. pediatricians are trained to identify injuries and behavioral changes resulting from abuse or neglect and to understand the physician's role in treating or reporting abuse. however, there were inconsistencies with what is considered suspicious and sometimes limited understanding of the child abuse reporting process, even within the medical community. as president of the american academy of pediatrics, i can assure you provided the

we continue to struggle with soaring rates or traumatic brain injuries, posttraumatic stress, and suesides among our soldiers and veterans. so many leave the service or try and carry on military careers wounded in both body and soul. if we were to leave afghanistan tomorrow, and i'm so very glad to see our troops from coming home from iraq, our war deck -- debt will continue for decades? for what? for a corrupt government in afghanistan? 10 years of sacrificing our brave uniformed men and women? 10 years of borrowing money we never had? this war is no longer about going after al qaeda, which i voted to do. osama bin laden is dead. instead we are now bogged down in a seemingly endless occupation in support of an incompetent and karzai government. this is not what i voted for. so, yes, i'm really worried when i pick up the newspaper and read ambassador crocker saying we may be in afghanistan for years beyond 2014. the american people are way ahead of the congress and the white house on this issue. they want this war ended now. but it seems that washington just doesn't get it. but when all is

the signature wounds of this war are, actually, posttraumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. they have been of every war. i don't know how many of you saw the, um, hbo documentary, "war torn: 1861-2010," where they talked about it everywhere. we've only changed the name of what post traumatic stress is. in order to reduce the incidence of high risk behavior including suicide across our force, we must continue to find ways to reduce stress, promote health, build resiliency and eliminate the longstanding stigma associated with seeking and receiving help. in other words, we must focus on the area indicated by the red sphere and address these issues and challenges as early as possible. to answer your question what are we doing to address the issue of suicide, over the past two and a half years since the establishment of the health promotion risk reduction and suicide prevention it is task fe and council in march of 2009 and the subsequent publication of our report in 2010 often referred to as the red book, we've instituted a number of very effective program and policy changes acr

we have a number of cases of posttraumatic stress, we have traumatic brain injuries in significant numbers from the type of the war that we're fighting. and another topic many of you may know that we have been engaged in, i'm sure s the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, and i saturday on the commission that reviewed that for over a year with the general counsel of the department of defense, jay johnson, and it was recently repealed. and i think the army, our military will do just fine. we're working on a topic near and dear to my heart, and that's women in our military and how they serve and where they serve. we still have policies that talk about the front line of troops which women are well beyond, and we don't serve, and we don't fight in that fashion anymore. so we've got to review our policies on women. religious accommodations, we're about potentially to go to court in some cases of religious freedoms that different soldiers wish to have in terms of wearing beards and turbans and longer hair and different jewelry and items that recognize their religious freedoms. and how do we balance