Wednesday, February 29, 2012

PTSD in Firefighters

The movie we watched last week touched on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This article is from the Jerusalem Post that shows the mix of traumatic events being a firefighter and living in a war zone on an everyday basis in Israel. Ben Gurion University conducted an experiment with 300 firefighters and 24% suffered from full PTSD.  This disorder is a worldwide occurrence dealing with many aspects of life.

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