let's take ptsd, for example. so with ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder, there are certain clusters of symptoms that we typically see, including what we first call avoidance symptoms. so, individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder may avoid places or circumstances that may remind them of the traumatic event that they experienced during war time or other situations that might have been the precursor, if you will, to the post-traumatic stress disorder. individuals with ptsd also often experience numbing symptoms, if you will, to block the pain associated with the post-traumatic stress disorder and so, sometimes individuals will engage in certain behaviors to block that numbing. they'll not confront the emotional experiences that they may have, try to stuff it down. sometimes alcohol or substance use is a way to try to block those emotional pain symptoms. and another common type of symptom that individuals experience with ptsd is hyper-vigilant symptoms, where individuals might be sometimes easily startled, f

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that was bringing up issues, bringing my ptsd. it was pretty grueling when i was in counseling.ad a feeling and i told him about my rape. it was like -- i don't know. i had to eventually work up to the point where i could telle my wife.hought i thought was going to lose my wife. i told the right person. she was very supportive and helped me through it. >> cheryl: and you never reported it in the military. why not? >> you know, i'm from new york. i'm probably a little streetwise. it was more about knowing that if i did, i couldn't stay 20 years in the military and have a career. i knew what would happen if i came forward. >> cheryl: you were afraid of people of retaliation and you would lose your career? >> yeah, i figured i would be discharged. in hiend sight, they goat discharged and they discharge a personality disorders. they make the victim again. >> cheryl: when he told you, what did you think? >> at first, i felt a sense of relief but a i always suspected he wasn't telling me. something was bothering him. i felt i'm not crazy. then secondly, we sat together and we talked.

i'm looking to check on my claim for my ptsd. about 2 in 10 have ptsd, a little bit more for major depression. and it goes up from there. in fact, bipolar is roughly 3 in 10. your iu claim is a new claim and it's been issued 2 weeks ago? we first look for the physical disabilities. and many times, a physical disability is the cause of a mental disability. all i had to do was sit home and, you know, try and recuperate and i, and i went into a depression. once we can get them treatment for the mental disorder, then we can control their substance abuse. and that is what we look for when we tell them to seek treatment at a va facility. since all of dav's natioanl service officers are disabled veterans, we have a connection with the veteran who sits across the table with us. and we are able to get them to relax a little bit more and give us a little bit more information about their mental health conditions and the symptoms that they have with it and how they are treating those symptoms. when a veteran comes in and they have got this b

now one doctor is hoping to keep ptsd at bay with the simple injection. anna kooiman with more. >> more than 500,000 post 9-11 service members suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. many aren't getting the relief they need. but there is a new hope in a little known treatment called sgb. ptsd a is often debilitating, often lead to go depression and substance abuse. sgb is an anesthetic injection. commonly used in labor epidurals. that takes about 15 minutes to administer in the neck. relief from symptoms often happens within 30 minutes. 65 patients have 25 states, including vietnam vet raleigh showens. >> if i hadn't had it done, i was at the ends of my rope, i was ready to commit suicide. the procedure is so simple and the results are so great. >> sgb is not backed by the department of veterans affairs for treating ptsd. but chicago doctor says it works in 70% of patients showing at least a 50% improvement in symptoms. >> the wonderful thing about this approach is it's a departure from the usual same old thing, mitigation. it hasn't been very effectiv

for wincoop who is suffering from ptsd and agent orange, the solitude fits like a warm center.t december, he and three other veterans were given notice that they had until the end of september to get out. the letters to the veterans officials said that the marina is not fit for extended residency and needs up to $1 million in repairs leaving them with no place to go. >> i can't understand why they are chasing disabled vets, you know, what do we do? we have not had anybody call on us. >> wincoop's attorney is trying to persuade the government to make an exception for the vets. >> they went through the trauma of war, ptsd and they are on fixed income, i don't think that the federal government should be evicting veterans. wincoop said this is happening because he complained about the dock's condition, and now he is fighting to stay in the one place that gives him peace. >>> around here today, it was very nice, sunny and windy and not bad. let's check in with jeff. >> hopefully you can enjoy the sunshine, right now the overnight temperatures are setting in. and it's chilly. 55 in l

it could be huge for anyone with ptsd.roops returning from war. >> we say promising because it's a study group of 30 people. none of them had depression or ptsd so we know if the minds are being assaulted by bad memories and whether they will be able to learn that process of forgetting. if they could, it could be amazing and bring them such relief. >> it's never been tested and people with ptsd, it's never been tested on people with depression. >> exactly. that clearly what needs to do next. you start with the small studies and you get the promising good results and the financing and what you need to do, the wide scale study. >> interesting conversation. up next the head of the democratic party answers this. >> let's talk about you. a white house not happy with debbie wassermann. she is a distraction with the misquotes and making news in the wrong way. what do you say to that? ♪ ♪ ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> he means everything to us.

how bad was your ptsd before you started? i started the program, i would say that it was severe. i waited quite a while before i asked for help for the ptsd, but since i've beenhrough the program, i have made great improvement. >> did you have any hesitations about trying, i guess, this alternative form of treatment? >> i didn't have any hesitations about trying the treatment itself. i had hesitation about asking for help for fear of what it might look like to the leadership, but i did not have any hesitations about trying the treatment after i decided to try for help. >> you hear that from so many veterans, people who ask for help because of how it might look. kevin, walk us through what your sessions were like. when you were exposed to memories of war all over again, what did that feel like? >> well, i did not want to go back after the first treatment, i can tell you that. it had been -- like i said, it had been a long time since the traumatic event, and it took me a while to ask for help. and once i got back into that scen

it could be huge with anyone with ptsd. think about our troops returning to war. >> right.sing because it's only a study group of 30 people and none of them actually had depression or ptsd so we don't know if these kind of minds that ruminate with negative images on a constant basis and assaulted by bad memories, whether they will be able to learn that process of forgetting. but if they could, it could be amazing and bring shem such relief. >> but it's never been tested. it says it's supposed to be with people with ptsd promising or depression but never tested with people with depression. >> exactly. it hasn't been tested with that population yet and that is clearly what needs to be done next. you start with the small studies and get promising good results and then the financing in what you need to do. the wide scale study. >> thanks, dr. wendy. interesting conversation. >> thank you. >>> up next the head of the democratic party answers this query. okay. let's talk about you. white house not happy with debbie wassermann schultz. she has become a distraction with the misquot

ptsd is one specific diagnoses. you have to have these things to have.you have a bunch of other things that are fall in to different categories. so it may not be obvious to them, it may not be obvious to you, but maybe helping them get places. for me i had one more doctor's appointment and i showed up because that's what do you. you go to the doctor's appointment. right. or questions? >> i was struck by your saying of big abstract word social justice. in the same sentence in which you're talking about the here and now. and we're all living in the here and now, and social justice is up there somewhere. >> right. >> and the question of how you are articulate this was depends how deeply and completely you are emerged in a here and now. and i think you were deeply emerged and, you know, and some of us are and some of us are not. that's another story. but just a difference that's all. >> i guess -- i guess i'd say two things. i guess i agree with you. that there's social justice is a word doesn't mean much until you decide to do something today and not think

ptsd is commonly known as a disorder affecting more than 13% of u.s. military personnel.t's also seen in other people that have suffered severe trauma and abuse. one doctor is hoping to keep it at bay with a simple injection. anna has more on this. >> reporter: ptsd is often debilitating leaving people suffering from anxiety, nightmares, paranoia and leading to depression and substance abuse. more than 500,000 of post-9/11 service members suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. there is new hope in a little known treatment known as stb an anesthetic in labor epidurals. it takes 15 minutes to be injected in the neck. relief from symptoms often happen in 30 minutes. they have received a waiver to perform sgb. >> sometimes the symptoms come back slowly. then it doesn't usually go really well to really bad, it's intermediate. people call us, we need a tune-up. someone from new york came up for a third tune-up. >> reporter: it's not under for treatment for ptsd but the doctor says it works 70% in patients showing a 50% improvement in symptoms, cost of injection is approxim

those who suffer from ptsd and illnesses from nam, the peacefulness is important. last december, the air force gave notice to wynkoop and three other veterans they had until the end of september to get out. letters to the veterans' officials at travis air force base said the marina is not fit for extended residencies and needs up to a million dollars in repairs, leaving veterans like former marine john collins with no place to go. >> i can't understand why they're chasing the only three disabled vets. what did we do? there hasn't been anybody called on us, you know. >> reporter: lynn woolsy petitioned the department of interior to allow the men to stay but was told it wasn't possible. wynkoop's attorney is also trying to persuade the government to make an exception to the vets. >> they went through the ravages of war, ptsd, all kinds of disabilities. you know, they're on fixed income, and i just don't think the federal government should be evicting veterans. >> reporter: wynkoop believes the evictions happens because he complained about the crumbling docks. now as

he got credit for his ptsd but even though he had been diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury,by a doctor at the v.a., he was denied coverage for that injury. like so many others, mike and maggie plan to appeal their disability rating, a process that could set them back another two years in getting their case resolved. >> he could have been killed. every time i spoke to him on the phone i thought this might be the last time i hear his voice. our relationship has had to take -- >> that's another dimension. yeah. our relationship. >> i'm married to a different man now. i love him as much as i've always loved him, but he's different. >> reporter: different in a way maggie and mike hope to make the v.a. understand. that $659 a month in disability certainly doesn't cover the price they've paid for war. randi kaye, cnn, phoenix, arizona. >> incredible, they might have to wait another year or two. >>> coming up, disturbing accusations at a school in minnesota, where students say a teacher segregated the african-american students from the white students and called them horrible names.

what new research could mean for survivors of ptsd sufferers. that's all new.10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> it is half past the hour. we want a look at your headlines. first up president barack obama is in florida making a pitch to voters who delivered the swing state for the democrats four years ago. he visited two cities in the middle of the state where independent voters could help decide the november election. one was st. petersburg just southwest of tampa where republicans held their convention last week. gop candidate mitt romney campaigned in virginia today trying to flip a state that helped the president win in 2008. a suicide bomber killed six afghan civilians and wounded four others today near nato's headquarters in kabul. the police chief says children were among those killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the bombing. the u.s. embassey in kabul condemned the attack saying insurgents have no respect for life. police believe the suicide bomber was a teenager. >> reporter: military planes bombarded aleppo and other parts of syria today. oppositio

not like an intervention on every case but maybe the perspective that the average ptsd warning signswhich he seen you see in the media are becoming more popular, aren't necessarily it. you have to have these things to have it and you can have a whole bunch of other things that are on different, that fall into different categories. so, it may not be obvious to them and it may not be obvious to you but maybe helping them get to the right place. for me it was i had one more doctors appointment and i showed up to go to the doctor's appointment. other questions? >> i was struck by you saying the word social justice in the same almost sentence in which you are talking about the here and now. we are all living in the here and now and social justice is up there somewhere. and, the question of how you articulate this with this depends on how deeply and completely immersed in water and the here and now. and i think you were deeply immersed and you know, some of us are in some of us are not but that is another story. just the difference, that's all. >> i guess i would say two things. i guess i

. >> tony goodwin says he returned from iraq suffering from severe ptsd. the sound of machine gunfire went off right next to his apartment and reopened some deep mental wounds. >> immediately when i woke up i wanted to grab a weapon. i thought we were being attacked. >> it is scary. >> police say a man with a white shirt pulled over his face stood on the corner of east 16th street and seminary avenue and unloaded 38 rounds. >> i looked up, and i just started seeing stuff flying. i told my daughters to get down, get down. >> six bullets pierced this pregnant woman's parked car with her three young daughters inside. she felt one bullet whiz past her face as glass shattered over her body, and then she turned to see if her children were still alive. >> it was terrifying. it felt like i was getting ready to lose everything i worked so hard for. >> miraculously her daughters, 10, 4 and two years old were unscathed. >> we think there was a group of other young males standing beyond here that was the target ssments. ssments-- targe. >> homes were shot up, and one

i resorted to a lot of alternatives as far as ptsd goes, obstacles were definitely in the way on a dailyrodriguez remembered a pact he made with thomson before his death. >> i made a promise to my best friend that was killed that i would play football and i committed myself to eating right, working out, quit drinking. >> jeff: last december rodriguez posted a highlight video on youtube. it went viral and got the attention of clemson head football coach dabo swinny. >> i really was just mesmerized because hi never really seen a video put together like that. >> jeff: despite not having played football since high school this 24-year-old, only 5 feet 8 inches tall, walked on and made clemson's football team. >> how does somebody go from rock bottom a year ago to where are you today? >> i didn't die that day on october 3rd because i was meant to do something more in my life. and now i have my buddies in the grave, pushing me to be the best i can be. >> jeff: how far a away does afghanistan feel right now? >> i think about it every day, what i went through, the friends i've lost. but where i'm

. >> tony goodwin says he returned from iraq suffering from severe ptsd.nfire went off right next to his apartment and reopened some deep mental wounds. >> immediately when i woke up i wanted to grab a weapon. i thought we were being attacked. >> it is scary. >> police say a man with a white shirt pulled over his face stood on the corner of east 16th street and seminary avenue and unloaded 38 rounds. >> i looked up, and i just started seeing stuff flying. i told my daughters to get down, get down. >> six bullets pierced this pregnant woman's parked car with her three young daughters inside. she felt one bullet whiz past her face as glass shattered over her body, and then she turned to see if her children were still alive. >> it was terrifying. it felt like i was getting ready to lose everything i worked so hard for. >> miraculously her daughters, 10, 4 and two years old were unscathed. >> we think there was a group of other young males standing beyond here that was the target ssments. ssments-- targe. >> homes were shot up, and one bullet went through beli

i suffer from ptsd and depression. as a marine, that's just something that i didn't feel comfortable doing. how do you go and say, "i think i'm losing my mind?" i did 7 years in the 82nd airborne division. i had deployed to afghanistan from '02 to '03 and, from that point on, i went to iraq from '03 to '04. i joined the army in 2000, active army, and i deployed to iraq. i was the first round deployment, so i left in january, right before the war started. and i was a truck driver so was one of the first ones over the berm into iraq. the community partnership of southern arizona is the regional behavioral health authority in pima county. and one of the things that, as an organization, we're very much tuned into is kind of the changing needs in the community. i came to the va about 5 years ago and i had worked in the community for many years and had worked with cpsa a lot when i worked at some of the public agencies. so, i had already the relationships with a lot of the people there. and then, once i came over here, i thi

. >> and it is helping women who are victims was sexual adduce and have ptsd on that. >> incredible.ank you for much. an airline passenger is reunited with a missing ipad and now they found it. found out where. and plus, this is it the scene in california's knox berry farm a few days ago. we showed you on fox. and all of those people stuck up how far up they are. they got down safely and now the company is doing something so that riders don't get trapped again. we'll tell you about it. >> the chain of knox buyery theme park shutting counsel all six of the wind seeker rides. you will not forget it if you saw the video. people were stocking you feet in the air for three hours this week after the brakes froze in place. it is the second time that particular ride in the knox berry farm in south other than california mal functioned. >> airline passengers keep your eye on the valuables. a flide attendant stole an ipad. the app called find my ipad. where was it according to the app. it was in a women's home in oregon. she found it and planned to return it but they found her personal informat

ptsd and all kinds of disabilities and on a fixed income. i don't think they should be evicted veterans. >> hoar he complained about the conditions and now battling the demons of wars past, he finds himself fighting to remain in the one place that gives him peace. nbc bay area news. >> bay area barbershops are raising money for wounded vets today. all haircuts are taking place as a fund-raiser. they will donate a portion of all the sales to the homes for wounded warriors. the program was started by an nfl player and raising money for the past several years to support vets from the afghanistan and iraq wars. much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, the new alert about arsenic in rice. battling fall allergies. what you can do to ease the pain. >>> a consumer alert from cereal to crackers to baby food. new studies show rice contains arsenic, a chemical linked to cancer. here's jeff rosen. >> rice is a staple, but now consumer reports with a now alert. finding elevated levels of arsenic in rice testing 200 samples of the most popular bran

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unprecedented support for our troops with traumatic brain injury, for our troops and veterans with ptsd -- more counselors, more clinician, more care, more treatment. i know you've been a leadership making it clear everyone has a responsibility to help a comrade who's hurting. so today we're taking another step. i signed a new executive order to give our troops, our veterans, and our families better access to mental health care. we're going to increase the number of folks manning those crisis hotlines so help is there when you need it most. we're going to add more counselors and mental health providers. we're launching a new awareness campaign starting tomorrow. and i'm directing a new task force to find out what works best so we're doing everything we can to help those in need and save lives. i know that you join me in saying to everyone who's ever worn the uniform -- if you're hurting, it's not a sign of weakness to seek help, it's a sign of strength. we're -- we are here to help you stay strong, army strong. that's -- that's the commitment i'm making to you. we're going to keep takin

. >> she was displaying classic symptoms like in ptsd, nightmares, flashbacks, mood swings. >> nightmaresd pace back and forth. i couldn't go to sleep. i would wake up with night terrors. >> what were your nightmares about? >> the murder. i saw everything that they were telling me had happened in the dream about them stabbing him, dragging him down to the dumpster and burning him. >> nurse practitioner matthews plans to closely monitor dimauro in the coming months. >> we will see her often enough to make sure she doesn't get worse or going downhill again. >> over in general population, dimauro's son david link is looking forward to a fresh start. he has accepted a plea deal for testimony against his mother and her former live-in boyfriend kasey ackerman about their roles in a gruesome murder. he could be out in 2 1/2 years. >> my dream i guess would be to get a band and be big with music or else to sit there and become an actor or something because i like acting. >> link's experience has not only changed his perspective on the company he keeps but on the company his mother has kept. >> i

no one had heard of psc --ptsd. my wife had brought me there. finally the leader turns on me and -- i understand you were in the vietnam war and she said how do you feel about that? a typical answer. she said why don't we start talking about it and asked me to apologize to this kid that i shot. i said okay. i will do that. i started to think about that kid. i started to cry and i started crying so hard that my ribs 8. i couldn't stop for three days i couldn't stop crying. i would go to work and suck it up and had to leave to go outside to walk around. i managed to shove that down again. i got five kids coin. everything is cool again. in 1990 i am driving down i 5 that 2:00 in the morning. wonderful veterans day you are all by yourself. country music on the radio and no one can touch you and you are doing something to get somewhere. two eyes appeared on the windshield in front of me and you are going to have to deal with this. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know.

there's also concerns about ptsd when they come back.mus: those initials, what do they stand for? >>guest: post traumatic stress disorder. are you testing me? >>imus: no. you're talking to an idiot. >>guest: you've been living with this forever. you helped completely build the hospital out there in san antonio. i should always say that. post-traufplt stress disorder. -- post traumatic stress disorder. i've been living with this so long, i don't explain what they are. >>imus: talk w-g bob woodruff, abc news. you sound great. >>guest: every time i get on i speak a little more english. i'm sure it was pretty difficult in the beginning. >>imus: in the beginning we didn't know if you were going to make it. i guess you did. >>guest: i didn't know. i was asleep. certainly you and everyone else had some worries about it. but you were there. >>imus: you've got one of the great wives on the planet, man. >>guest: she's not left me. >>imus: that's a good egg there. more bad news out of afghanistan this morning. >>guest: that's the other thing. we ne

mary, enlists man's best friend to give fellow veterans a way to move beyond ptsd and into life againrned personal trauma into a fight for justice for thousands of rape survivors in haiti. after using sports to fight his own addiction, scott strohhed now helps former addicts to stay fit and sober. wanda butts brings water safety and swimming lessons to those most vulnerable, black and latino children. catalina insures healthy deliveries and solid futures for columbian teens already facing motherhood. leo mccarthy's tragic loss of his daughter sparked his mission to end the culture of underage drinking. and where terrorists stop at nothing to keep girls from being educated, razia jan fearlessly opens her school each and every day. congratulations to the top ten cnn heroes of 2012. tell us who inspires you the most. go to cnnheroes.com on-line or on your mobile device to vote for the cnn hero of the year. >>> so who will be the cnn hero of the year for 2012? you decide. go to c fl n heroes.com on-line and on your mobile device to vote up to ten times a day every day for the most inspira

decade in afghanistan. 6,509 of our best and brightest fallen angels as killed in action. 50,000 with ptsd. the idea that mitt romney didn't mention veterans once, paul ryan i don't think mentioned them. paul ryan when asked about what his foreign policy expeesrience is, i'm told he said that i voted to send soldiers to war. i mean, come on. i don't get it. it was remarkable, remarkable oversight or i don't know what it was, but it was remarkable. >> let me ask you about who takes it more personally when you see the attacks on your dad? you or your dad? >> always harder to be the family member, i think. but you know, i've been around this a while. i'm 43. in washington. my dad has relationships with world leaders. he's respected internationally, here, in congress, on both sides of the aisle. one of his closest allies who he didn't agree with much, jesse helms. strom thurmond. so, this is a man who has 40 years of experience building relationships and you see the attacks now. >> it has been a concerted effort to really -- seemeded like they singled him out. >> because he's scoring points. t

we spent $3 trillion in iraq, lost over 4,000 men and women, tens of thousands have ptsd or traumaticain injury, and then these knuckle heads who send us into war don't want to take care of these veterans when they come home? i mean, that's the cost of war. we need to make sure we give them the opportunity. we need to expand things like the g.i. bill and to do it just so president obama or democrats and republicans can't say we have an accomplishment every once in a while is beyond me. i can't get over the fact that these men in the senate turned their back on veterans who are in desperate need right now. it's just unamerican. >> former u.s. congressman army combat veteran patrick murphy. >> you know it is a powerful interview when i have knuckle heads is written on my script. >>> despite john mccain's objections, the sky did not fall. a reason to be cheerful coming up. >>> tonight is the eve of the one-year anniversary of don't ask, don't tell being repealed. midnight on september 20, 2011 was the first time it was legal to be in the united states military and also openly gay. and wh