within one year of their ptsd diagnosis. unfortunately, less than 10% of veterans with new ptsd diagnoses attended a minimum number of sessions within the time frame required for evidence-based ptsd treatment. we found that being young, less than age 25 and male, having received a mental health diagnosis from a nonmental health clinic such as primary care and living far from a va facility greater than 25 miles away are failing to achieve ptsd treatment. because of evidence-based ptsd treatment, the va needs to focus on developing interventions designed not only to improve initial engagement in mental health treatment but also retention and care. patient barriers to mental health care among oe officials/oif veterans include stigma, logistical barriers and even the mental health disorders themselves as you heard today. avoidance in ptsd, apathy and depression and denial with drugs and alcohol will prevent veterans from seeking care and symptoms of hyper vigilance are adaptive rather than problematic when returning home have pr

shot in the leg in afghanistan, was diagnosed with ptsd. >> it was difficult. i had a pathetic suicide attempt, spent some time in -- in some mental health hospitals that was difficult for me. but in those places i realized that there were a lot of people like me. >> reporter: thanks to psychotherapy he's doing well and working to encourage other vets to seek help. former congressman patrick kennedy is the co-founder of one mind for research. he's working to make sure vets with ptsd get that help. >> if they were bleeding, we'd go repair their wounds and go wrap it up and bring them home. right now, because we can't see these wounds, our response is inadequate. we need to treat these wound as the physical wounds that they are. they're not invisible. we can see them through fmris and pet scans. >> reporter: armed with new information about ptsd, the hope is doctors will find better ways to treat the disorder and minimize the health risk for those who risked so much for our country. doctors will talk more about ptsd treatment and research tomorrow at a special co

think there's a natural history of ptsd. i think some people develop it immediately. some people it can take years to develop. people are ready for treatment at different times. often, you hear a hitting bottom phenomenon so i worry about sort of institutionally -- the institutionization of treatment or a semi coercion or payment for treatment. just some concerns. i'm not saying that it's a bad idea across-the-board but i think we would ha for someone who is significantly disabled. while undergoing treatment as it required, as was pointed out. i think you have to be careful about forcing people into treatment who are not ready. but on the other hand, i think we have an obligation to try to be sure that all the people who are ready are enrolled and getting the treatment back to mr. filner's comment earlier about people who commit suicide or do things -- and then they say well, we couldn't get treatment. so i think it's -- this is a complicated issue. and there's no -- there's no one solution fits all. but i do believe that a

likely than vets without ptsd to suffer from heart disease. ts with ptsd twice as likely to develop demeanti demd less likely to survive a year after undergoing surgery. >> there is something about the mind body connection. the impact that having ptsd has on the body that has a wear and tear effect. >> reporter: researchers say the more they know about ptsd the better they can treat it. jimmy hatch retired just six weeks ago, he is still being treated and has a message for the rest of the troops soon to be on their way home from afghanistan. >> you don't have to deal with it alone. there is opportunities. >> reporter: researches say the rate of ptsd among vets coming home from iraq and afghanistan is as high as it was during the vietnam war. what is new about it this time is troops are being deployed and multiple tours making ptsd even tougher for this generation of troops to live with and even tougher for doctors to treat. >>> the mayor of minot north dakota calls it a worst case scenario come through. the river is surging over the levees ton

ptsd is not just an illness haunting the mind, but the entire body. former congressman patrick kennedy was on hand for the announcement. >> for many of our soldiers the war is just beginning. the question is... are we going to be there for them? just as they're there for us? >> research found iraq and afghanistan war vets are two to three times more likely than vets without ptsd to suffer from heart disease, older vets are twice as likely to develop demenia, and vets with ptsd less likely to survive a year after undergoing surgery. >> there is something about the mind-body connection. you know? impact of having ptsd on the body with a wear and tear affect. >> but there is good news. researchers say the more they know about ptsd, the better they can treat it. jimmy hatch retired from being a navy s.e.a.l.just six weeks ago and has a mess yang for the rest of the troops. >> and and there is an opportunity. >> researchers say the rate among vets coming home from iraq and afghanistan is as high now as during the vietnam war. what is knew about -- new abou

both were suffering from ptsd. and the v.a. referred them here. do you feel better?> i feel a lot better. i'm ready to go back into the real world and be successful again. >> reporter: it's called the pathway home. in addition to traditional clinical therapy, there's the nontraditional, too. vets go scuba diving. bowling. they even do pilates. here, community members are therapists, too. >> these guys have been and done and seen things that we'll never experience, and i just feel like it's kind of our duty to give back to them. >> reporter: it's anything but institutional, says fred gusman, who's worked with ptsd all his life. he figured that if transitioning to civilian life is a problem, then enlist civilians to help. >> these are our sons and nephews, cousins, neighbors. this is what we owe. >> reporter: matt carhart's ptsd was so bad he couldn't even go to the grocery store. but after four months in the program he's now back in school, supporting a new wife and a new baby. >> you look at history like vietnam veterans, a lot of them ended up on the streets. people

ptsd is not just an illness that haunts the mind, it affects the entire body. former congressman patrick kennedy now a healthcare advocate was on hand for today's announcement. >> for many of our soldiers the war is just beginning. the question is, are we going be there for them just as they were there for us?

last week, the va announced a master plan to rehab buildings here for veterans suffering ptsd.he plan has no timetable, and no budget. while the courts decide the best use of this property, freddy cordova will do the best he can helping one vet at a time. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >>> coming up a little bit later on "the early show," republican presidential candidate michele bachmann on how sarah palin could affect her run for the white house. >>> plus the latest on mob boss whitey bulger's bizarre life on the lam. >>> and the bird men who jumped to fame after being profiled by "60 minutes" talk about their incredible death-defying stunts. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching, everybody. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. everybody. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. ,,,,,, denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open.

how ptsd is not just psychological.t takes a huge physical toll, as well. >> they have elevated heart disease. they have twice the risk for dementia. they have more complicated course if they undergo surgery. there's a growing literature suggesting that the experience of having ptsd affects the whole body. >> reporter: the troops coming home, many will require medical and mental health services for years to come. >> the question is, are we going to be there for them just as they were there for us? >> reporter: hatch certainly hopes so. >> i want guys and girls who come home to know that they have options. they don't have to sit with it. >> reporter: we're hearing a lot about budget cuts. president obama has called for an increase in federal spending for ptsd and traumatic brain injuries. as for hatch, he told me that his purple heart made him feel a little guilty. if only he were faster or stronger, he would not have been shot. he is speaking out as part of his recovery and hopes that by telling his story, more people w

. >> i'm in san francisco where researchers in the bay area have discovered that ptsd doesn't just take a mental toll, it also has a physical toll on soldiers. i'll have that story coming up. >>> also the hot weather leads to trech ris conditions in northern california. firefighters made dozens of rescues in just the past two days. >> good evening, i'm jeff ranieri. a hot day out there for maybe a frap of something. like that, chris. take a look at the highs. we have the hottest weather in the east bay with livermore at 95. walnut creek at 92. south jose, 90. the fog will return and we'll also talk about the rare possibility of, yes, june rain coming up in a few minutes. >>> requests denied, that is fema's response to california cities hoping to get federal money for communities hit by a series of spring storms. many of the places including capitola are still picking up the pieces after mother nature caused millions of dollars in damage. we take a closer look. >> reporter: capital avenue today is as clean and quaint as ever. but this is what the main drag looked like almost three months

. >> conference called preparing for the future of veteran's health and early research indicate ptsd affects the body and the brain. psychological wounds of war known as ptsd have a biological impact. >> the theme of the conference, we are think being the aging veteran. >> dr. thomas nylon showed me one area of the brain affected. it is looking like a jelly roll and responsible for memory. >> there are different regions of the hipa campus and the interesting thing some of the regions are sensitive to stress. >> high resolution brain scan show they have a smaller hipa campus by len percent on average. this is an area that we found smaller in people. >> key findings to be released in the conference suggest that older veterans were twice as likely to develop dementia. they have two or three degrees higher rick of heart disease. studies show treatment of ptsd gives veterans a fighting chance of regaining good mental and physical health. >> we are finding the nurons that grow and suggest that the area involve flexibility of the brain. we are very excited of the idea that you can see a rev

both were suffering from ptsd and the v.a. referred them here. it is called the path way home. and in addition to traditional clinical therapy, there is the nontraditional, too. vets go scuba diving, bowling, they even do pilates. here it is anything but institutional, who has work with ptsd all his life. >> you look at history with vietnam veterans, a lot of them ended up on the streets. people like fred are making sure it doesn't happen. >> reporter: but it may not be for long. in a place that's so well known for what grows on its vines, there's one thing that doesn't. that's money. the path way home is running out of it. in fact it is nearly broke. lee cowan, nbc news, in the napa valley. >>> predicting earthquake could save lives and change the dynamic of where and how people live. particularly here in the bay area. for decades, it was thought to be impossible, right? times have changed. as nbc bay area's garvin thomas shows us, so has technology. >> that's why i went to college. so could i dig ditches. >> reporter: tom is ceo of quake finder. a palo alto company dedicated

my kid, has severe ptsd. unless we can heal the wounds. it's not just on the streets of sunnydale. >> yes. the family, what makes up a family, parents children. ultimately, we have to also deal with our families who have their children who are placed with these acronyms over their head that follows them all through their lives. when working with the child. not only are we working with the families and their friends and the places they go before they get home. so the ultimate thing is building that family unit. i was going to run to that. life goes on. we all have a duty not just to the child. but to the family. because the child comes from a family and most the children that we're working with. the families are broken. the homes are broken. so they lived through this years and years. the parents have lived through broken families. >> i do want to say, we have to start with the kids. the kids are actually bring the parents. when the programs are working, then when you put on an event, the kid says, you have to go to this. if you don't come,

my kid, has severe ptsd. unless we can heal

speaking, 25% of those people have been diagnosed some form of mental health impairment including ptsd, also traumatic brain injury. i'd like to get your opinion about those who suffer in silence in many cases, that are going to represent our next demographic of drug users and alcohol abusers, et cetera. and your opinion on proactive intervention support and other programs throughout african-americans, particularly who have served in iraq and afghanistan. >> i think that's a great question, and there's no doubt that our veterans have been underserved as they have come home. and that's true for every war that we've had. my own brother fought in desert storm, and he is dead now from a cocaine overdose on his 37th birthday. we know individuals who come back for more comeback were sticky literally came back not right. he suffered from alcohol addiction for very long time and then eventually graduated on to using cocaine. but the problem, you're right, it's a crisis and there are increasing numbers of veterans who are using substances and they are at high risk of overdose it does but i ment

i was hospitalized, and they diagnosed me with ptsd. >> smith: pantzke's story was first reported byen in bloomberg news. pantzke had been drawn to the for-profit school art institutes. >> creativity is a powerful thing. >> smith: art institutes has over 5,000 vets currently enrolled. pantzke says he was attracted by all the possibilities, but was worried he wouldn't cut it. >> one of the very first things, i told them that i had ptsd. and she said, "oh, you'll do fine. we'll take care of you. you're... no... not a problem." you know, "you're good. don't worry about it. we'll take care of you." i looked at what they had. they had a really good online photography course. it was a bachelor of science. so, i said, "degree, photography, okay." and about a day later, i get a phone call-- "you're approved. you're in school." it's like, "okay." >> smith: the school would collect over $70,000 of pantzke's gi bill money and other federal funds, but he was struggling to keep up with his coursework. >> after getting into the class, there wasn't a whole lot of help. even though he would email th

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we will spend a whole day talking about veterans and ptsd and traumaia-based issues and also i think finally agitated behavior as well. we'll have different trainers we're bringing in so once we kind of get through the curriculum, we'll bring in trainers, vetting trainers, going through that process and really encouraging trainers to be not too poe dan tick. really entertaining questions. some of our values. we identified a few that will run throughout the training so one is really importantly the role of stigma as relates to mental health issues, which is really the biggest barrier is treatment. and effect chull tools for police regarding culture tools, tactical answer traties. we're excited to have sergeant knight and jackson working with us to bring expertise in that and causes and impacts of self-medication. these are things that run throughout the training. instead of just two hours on substance abuse or self-medicating, that might come across the spectrum. really diverse engaging method and for trainers and folks in the committee to not bring political agendas into it. really t

he was treated for ptsd and work here is a new chapter in his life. >> i moved to livermore, startedh. >> chad an unemployed navy veteran became the production manager. >> they got me motivated to get off my butt, i don't want to sigh depressed, just come here was an up lifting experience. >> jeff is an operations specialist. he suffers from gulf war syndrome because of exposure to chemicals to burning oil fields. the vineyards is a place where veterans can talk openly about their issues. >> a lot of men, there are things they need to talk about, but they don't talk to family or spouses or moms or dads because they don't want them to worry. >> they could have family issues either way, they come here and they feel free. all their problems go away. >> lavish lanes is, of course, a business. it's also a place where veterans can get a second chance at life. vic lee, "abc 7 news." >> don't go away. 7 on your side is next. >>> you pay in cash but can't get a refund until the company cuts a check? i'm michael finney and 7 on your side is [ female announcer ] ethan allen introduces a new way

and what about proving that ptsd? what part of evidence will the defense use? >> in the opening statements to the jury, the defense is going to put a doctor on the stand to testify that davidson was never treated for post traumatic stress disorder. not only does did she witness murders in her native albania but she saw her father die of a heart attack and witnessed her mother die of cancer. >> did they say why she hasn't undergone treatment? they did not explain that and that is in that opening statement. he was going to put the doctor on and that show spoke with him for hours and hours and hours and said that -- the defense attorney said she was tough and that is the words he used, why she didn't seek treatment and why she hasn't been treated now and that is in question. >> paul wagner, thank you. >>> maryland state police are investigating a body found inside this burring car. police found the car on route 198 on the ramp in laurel around 4:00 this morning. no other vehicles were involved in the crash and investigators are not sure what caused the car to catc

going through divorce, ptsd and not willing to admit it because i am a navy seal and i cannot tell you. i do view it as a weakness. i did not realize i had survivor's guilt. how come so many good guys? when i talk about in the book how come they died and i was allowed to live? you think you should be grateful for that but sometimes even now i will still find myself thinking how come he died and i was allowed to live? that was on me coming back into society it was hard trying to assimilate. i was lucky i met the right woman and 12 back-to-school and became a chiropractor now i have a job that i love. . . and achieved a station didn't interview "the washington post" and leave everything out, so okay. now we can talk about it. i mean, when he did the glasscock down and that's a cornerstone in my book is, you know, there's others in their desert storm and stuff, but declassified and then you can talk about it but you still want to talk about tactics and techniques which the seals read my book say we wouldn't do it like that. exactly. so that's the way it is. >> next on book tv jennifer gri

he was treated for ptsd in a rehab program.n his life. >> i deliver more, start working for josh and going to college using by gi bill. >> chad, an unemployed navy veteran, became the production manager. >> it got me motivated to get off my butt and not be so -- i don't want to say depressed. i would just come in here, it was a very uplifting experience. >> jeff is the operations manager. he served in the air force. emanual suffers from gulf war syndrome because of his exposure to chemicals in the burning oil fields. he said the vineyards are like a psychiatrist's couch. a place veterans can talk openly about their issues. >> a lot of them need to talk about things but they don't talk to family, spouses or moms and dads because they don't want them to worry. >> they can be having war issues or family issues. either way, they come here and they feel free. all their problems go away. >> lavish lanes is, of course, a business. it's also a place where veterans can get a second chance at life. vic lee, abc7 news. >> don't go away. 7

patrick kennedy is leading a call for better research into ptsd and better care for the men and womenountry. a veteran's administration psychiatrist said there are treatments and they work. >>> stocks fell today after an upstart to the week. stocks came after the federal reserve acknowledged the sluggish paceof the economic recovery. the dow jones dropped 80 points. the nasdaq lost 18. they are not tipping their hand if the sunnyvale company is seeking to purchase website hulu. they denied a comment when we asked about reports saying yahoo approached hulu about buying it. it is jointly owned by media giants news corp and the wallet disney company and comcast. >> united airlines isn't saying much about an accident in which a baggage tractor hit an engine on a passenger jet. the crash happened at 10:45 this morning. these pictures were taken a short time later. the plane was parked when it was hit. the baggage tractor got jammed underneath one of the engines. fire crews were called to the scene. they used an extinguisher and prayed -- sprayed water on the engine. the united spokesperson

. >> he is actually been diagnosed with ptsd. >>reporter: her son was a witness to the 2007 shooting death of 14-year-old student that happened at the school in new haven union sfid school district and says her son and other boys present at the time are sharing the same symptoms. >> emotionally an mentally l he's not himself. he didn't graduate from high school this year. he has been to 4 high schools in the last 4 years and so it's drastically affected his education as well as his mental state. >>reporter: he's lead plaintiff representative mother in the suit. the sanders is the mother of vernon ed who didn't want to talk. at today news conference at the naacp office in hayward attorneys announce 6 family affected by the shooting death and the shooting of several students here at south land mall last year have settled a suit against the district. pamela price filed the class action suit. >> on behalf of african american students attending schools in union city who have been chased, assaulted, attacked and targeted by the dakota

have a science story about the search for effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder, or ptsd. it comes from wttw's "chicago tonight" and is reported by jay shefsky. >> reporter: on the face of it, the cause of post-traumatic stress disorder seems obvious. if you live through a terrifying event, you may be left more than 2,500 firefighters from as far away as new york are struggling just to keep it away from small towns. >> the priority right now are the communities-- alpine, nutriosos, all the little communities out there. so that's our priority. we want to check the spread to the northeast. whatever we can do to do that, if we have to find an anchor point and pinch around sides, that's what we'll do. >> reporter: today, the fire was just two miles outside springerville and neighboring eagar, where at least half the 4,000 residents had to flee. the fire also forced evacuations and warnings in towns just across the border in new mexico. >> i'm only getting what's important right now. it's like panic attack. i already had to help my mom in alpine pack up all her things. >> repo

patrick kennedy is leading a call for better research into ptsd and better care for the men and women their country. a veteran's administration psychiatrist said there are treatments and they work. >>> stocks fell today after an upstart to the week. stocks came after the federal reserve acknowledged the sluggish paceof the economic recovery. the dow jones dropped 80 points. the nasdaq lost 18. they are not tipping their hand if the sunnyvale company is seeking to purchase website hulu. they denied a comment when we asked about reports saying yahoo approached hulu about buying it. it is jointly owned by media giants news corp and the wallet disney company and comcast. >> united airlines isn't saying much about an accident in which a baggage tractor hit an engine on a passenger jet. the crash happened at 10:45 this morning. these pictures were taken a short time later. the plane was parked when it was hit. the baggage tractor got jammed underneath one of the engines. fire crews were called to the scene. they used an extinguisher and prayed -- sprayed water on the engine. the united spok

treated for ptsd and rehab program.orking here is a new chapter in his life. >> i moved to livermore. started working for josh and going to the college using my gi bill. >>reporter: unemployed navy veteran became the production manager. >> got me motivated to get off my butt and not be so i wouldn't say depressed pichlts just coming here pl very up lifting experience. >>reporter: jeff is the operation manager. he served in the air force. immanuel suffers from gulf war syndrome because of his exposure to chemicals from burning oil fields. he says the vineyard are like a psychiatrist couch. place where veterans can talk openly about their issues. >> a lot of them have a lot of things they need to talk about. but they don't talk to family. definitely not spouses or moms and dads because they don't want them to worry. >> they could be having war issue or family issues. either way they come here and they feel free all the problems go away. >>reporter: lavish lane is of course a business. also a place where veterans can get a

as part of this transition is there is a brand new national interest bird center of excellence for ptsdt has been billed and open on the campus of bethesda directly across the street from the new walter reade national military center, and they are the facility that has been charged with doing all of the research, all of the four-cleaning technology looks to attempt to clarify these disorders and all of their manifestations in presentations. -- forward-leaning technology looks to attempt to clarify these disorders and all of their manifestations and presentations. the average stay at walter reed is probably about a year. patients have stayed here as long as three or four years. the better we get with the new techniques, the shorter amount of time patients day. we are doing the system of onward movement where the patient stays long enough to get the exact care they need and then we move them forward to medical facilities closer to home. host: what are you commonly treating their? guest: most of what we're seeing right now in terms of combat casualties are imputations. the signature weapon

for the children in our communities who also suffer from ptsd because of the trauma they see everyday. so it is not just returning veterans. it is all of our community and we are getting bombarded from multiple sources. i'm glad you mentioned replacement. p. that was an evolutionary process for me. when i was in medical school in the late 70s, almost got a moment to alzheimer's. couldn't even get my motor run when i graduated. the point was to use methadone for use replacement therapy was considered replacing one with another. that was before we knew anything about aids. that was before we even identified hepatitis c. we called at 98, nine p. now we have these plagues associated with drug use also upon us, so one has to grow. one has to learn. it's about reading the science to service, bringing science to service. my job is burning the science to the religious community and they are the ones that have the closest contact with the community. so that saves us a lot of time and energy if they sit down and listen and they are listening. disconnected -- midi connection

this includes increased services to address ptsd and t.b.i. as well as adequate mental health services to prevent the tragedy of suicide among returning combat veterans. as a representative for fort drum, the most deployed unit in the united states army, i am especially committed to seeing that members of the armed forces are afforded everything they need when they return home to their families and our communities. this amendment provides an additional $20 million for veteran medical services to give the veterans administration the resources it needs to provide these essential services. my amendment is fully offset and fulfills america's commitment to the heroes that have sacrificed so much to defend america. i urge a yes vote on this final amendment. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. culberson: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to the motion and to -- the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from texas continue to r

he was treated for ptsd in a rehab program. moved to livermore, started working for josh and going to college using my gi bill. >> chad, an unemployed navy veteran, became the production manager. >> it got me motivated to get off my butt and not be so, i don't want to say depressed, but i would just come in here and it was very uplifting experience. >> jeff emanual is the operations manager. he served in the air force. emanuele suffers from gulf war syndrome because of his exposh tower chemicals from burning oil fields. he says the vineyards are like a psychiatrist's couch. a place where veterans can talk openly about their issues. >> a lot of them have a lot of things they need to talk about but they don't talk to family memberly , definitely not spouses or moms and dads because they don't want them to worry. >> they can be having war issues or family issues, and either way they come here and they feel free. all their problems go away. >> lavish lanes is, of course, a business. it's also a place where veterans can get a second

we have unfortunately seen tremendous increases in veterans' homelessness, foreclosures, ptsd's, anduicides. yet the v.a. reports from all those years ago projected at that time, almost a decade ago that mental health services for our veterans was going to decrease over the next 20 years. it's been eight years since that report and what are we seeing in the eight years alone? and there's 2 more to go. we're seeing increases in these problems among our veterans yet they cling stubbornly to the data in that report thinking these things will go down among our veterans and everyone knows this is certainly not going to be the case. evidence suggests that returning veterans require a greater significant increase, especially in v.a. mental health services. a rand center report alone found that already 18.5% of all u.s. service members who have returned already from afghanistan and iraq currently suffer from ptsd or depression and 19.5% suffer from traumatic brain injury. where is the veterans administration, where is the administration's common sense to give away this property which is inte

veterans continue to be of use, and i as a survivor of sexual trauma in the military and have severe ptsd had to intervene to help keep alive a veteran because the va in phoenix would not stop the abuse of her through counseling and other things. host: we will have to leave it there. if you could respond. guest: i could not really respond on behalf of the veterans administration, because that is a separate secretariat, but i will tell you there are important lessons we're learning. we're learning more and more about posttraumatic stress disorder. we're learning about more and more traumas that do occur in theater. the surgeon general's office has put together several study groups that have gone into theater and look at the operations and interviewed folks. this is a work in progress. it is an ongoing thing. we have created some additional programs and really put a lot of effort into enhancing and enlarging the borough hall capabilities to handling a lot of these issues at the front end. so often a lot of these issues do not materialize until six, nine months, 18 months down the line come

i had read that you're suffering from some ptsd, which probably a lot of people would not be shockedic stress makes me so much more worried about shane and josh. they have been there so much longer, and even though i was kept in solitary confinement, they are in extreme isolation. they have very little information about the outside world. every letter they get is precious to them. the last phone call we got, shane and josh revealed they had been on hunger strike for 17 days. now, i went on hunger strike once in a prison for six days and i could hardly walk across the room without having to sit down, because my heart was just pounding in my chest. i don't understand how 17 days is even possible. but it explains why on february 6th when they were last seen, when they were actually brought to a court session and they were allowed to defend their innocence, they looked pale and thin and really not themselves. >> obvious concerns for their health and well-being and their safety. sarah, thanks for coming in this morning. we will continue to follow it. we will be right back. you're watching

the committee that we are paying attention to all personnel who have been or could be affected by ptsd. the department uses private security contractors to assist in meeting security staffing requirements. as a result of operational changes already implemented, the department is able to provide proper management, oversight, and operational control. the worldwide protective services contract awarded in september 2010 inc. essential lessons learned to ensure that they perform their activities in a responsible and professional, culturally sensitive manner. we must continue to develop the personnel who can think creatively, who can speak the language, who can work closely with their embassy colleagues to succeed without sacrificing safety and security. i want to assure the committee backed we are -- that are fully prepared to provide a secure environment to meet the challenging diplomatic responsibilities we face in this ever-changing world. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. we will ensure that the diplomatic security remains a valuable and effective resourc

the committee that we are paying attention to all personnel who have been or could be affected by ptsd. the department uses private security contractors to assist in meeting security staffing requirements. as a result of operational changes already implemented, the department is able to provide proper management, oversight, and operational control. the worldwide protective services contract awarded in september 2010 inc. essential lessons learned to ensure that they perform their activities in a responsible and professional, culturally sensitive manner. we must continue to develop the personnel who can think creatively, who can speak the language, who can work closely with their embassy colleagues to succeed without sacrificing safety and security. i want to assure the committee backed we are -- that are fully prepared to provide a secure environment to meet the challenging diplomatic responsibilities we face in this ever-changing world. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. we will ensure that the diplomatic security remains a valuable and effective resourc

lay down both of how tbi administered the detection for tbi and how the flow is ultimately in the ptsd so we have one comprehensive answer. >> thank you. i want to thank both of you for the very informative and forthright testimony that she's giving today. it's been very helpful and i would like to pursue the additional information that is mentioned. thank you are a match. >> let's try a three minute second round. we cannot get three minutes of questions then. when they first ask you, general allen about the questions of deadlines, but be aware of deadlines for previously said were supported a military commanders i believe. in iraq, back in november of 2008, president bush agreed to to deadlines for u.s. forces. one in june 2009 deadline for the withdrawal of u.s. combat forces from iraqi cities and fatcat, a december 31st 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of all u.s. military forces from iraq. is that accurate? >> chairman, thank you for that elaboration. >> did they have the support of the military? >> they did, actually. remember the withdrawal from the cities that were quite willing

assure the committee that we are paying attention to all personnel have been or could be affected by ptsd, and addressing any issues early on to help those persons in need. the department uses private security contractors to assist in meeting security staffing requirements in critical threat and non-permissives such as iraq and afghanistan. as a result of changes implemented in review during the conduct of the department's quadrennial policy review, the department is able to provide proper management, oversight and operational control of psc's it has deployed overseas. the world wide protective services contract awarded in 2010 inc. essential lessons learned to ensure that psc's contacted perform activities in a professional, responsible, culturally sensitive and cost- effective manner. ds continues to explore ways to provide innovative and security blueprints to improve our national foreign policy priorities. we must continue to develop a cadre of personnel who can think creatively, propose solutions, speak the language, and work with their embassy colleagues to not sacrifice safety and

lay down both of how tbi administered the detection for tbi and how the flow is ultimately in the ptsd so we have one comprehensive answer. >> thank you. i want to thank both of you for the very informative and forthright testimony that she's giving today. it's been very helpful and i would like to pursue the additional information that is mentioned. thank you are a match. >> let's try a three minute second round. we cannot get three minutes of questions then. when they first ask you, general allen about the questions of deadlines, but be aware of deadlines for previously said were supported a military commanders i believe. in iraq, back in november of 2008, president bush agreed to to deadlines for u.s. forces. one in june 2009 deadline for the withdrawal of u.s. combat forces from iraqi cities and fatcat, a december 31st 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of all u.s. military forces from iraq. is that accurate? >> chairman, thank you for that elaboration. >> did they have the support of the military? >> they did, actually. remember the withdrawal from the cities that were quite willing

the leadership focusing on addressing the challenges that will come with that, medically and any ptsd-tbi world, there is still a great deal on the tbi side that we do not understand. >> and is changing dramatically. we are finding the impacts are different years later. >> there are time bombs set up that we know are out there, we just do not know when they are going to go off. the relationship that the pentagon has with the dea and communities throughout country has to get stronger. where you and others can help is, when we we get into budget crunches like this, this incredible amount of money that we have put into these programs, it is some of the first amount of money that these budget types like to take out historic fleet. we are saying to keep our family programs intact. unless we watch that carefully, it will not be there when we need it. we have to have it in a way bettis is sustained over time. we do not understand them as well as we should. not just for our members, but for their families as well. our members have become just as much a part of the regular is as anything else. wit

as part of this transition is there is a brand new national interest bird center of excellence for ptsd that has been billed and open on the campus of bethesda directly across the street from the new walter reade national military center, and they are the facility that has been charged with doing all of the research, all of the four-cleaning technology looks to attempt to clarify these disorders and all of their manifestations in presentations. -- forward-leaning technology looks to attempt to clarify these disorders and all of their manifestations and presentations. the average stay at walter reed is probably about a year. patients have stayed here as long as three or four years. the better we get with the new techniques, the shorter amount of time patients day. we are doing the system of onward movement where the patient stays long enough to get the exact care they need and then we move them forward to medical facilities closer to home. host: what are you commonly treating their? guest: most of what we're seeing right now in terms of combat casualties are imputations. the signature we