PTSD

March 19, 2013

Ten years ago on this day, the U.S. invaded Iraq, marking the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Earlier in today's show we heard from a former Army Captain who served in Iraq. Now we turn to Lt. Col. Jeffery Camp, a 30-year National Guardsman who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Many of us may think of post-traumatic stress disorder as happening to soldiers, or survivors of sexual assault. But, a new study from Johns Hopkins finds that symptoms also occur among patients in Intensive Care Units. We talk about how it can be prevented with the study's leader, psychiatrist Joseph Bienvenu.

Then, the play “Mud Blue Sky” has its world premiere at Center Stage tomorrow. Tom Hall talks with the playwright Marisa Wegrzyn and director Susanna Gellert.

March 12, 2013

Conversation originally aired August 3, 2009.

Last year, Meg Daley Olmert, an Eastern Shore author who has written about the therapeutic effect of dogs on humans, established an organization called Warrior Canine Connection to help in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.