A roundtable discussion was held last week in Nyack featuring several local experts on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Rockland State Senator David Carlucci was recently appointed Chairman of the State Senate’s Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee…
Sharon Bailey is a Social Worker with BRiDGES and heads-up a local Veteran Peer Support Program. Bailey says transition from military to civilian life can be difficult…
Carlucci says there are nearly 45 million people struggling with PTSD. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says 20 veterans take their own life every day due to PTSD.