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Utah program helping veterans win war against PTSD

from KSL-TV

Utah program helping veterans win war against PTSD KSL-TV An estimated 800,000 American troops struggle with PTSD after deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq over the last two decades, and a Utah program called Heroes Haven is working to help those veterans. The impacts of PTSD can also be heightened during the pandemic for some soldiers. "The honor, that purpose and sense of accomplishment," said Zach Howser, citing the most important aspects of his six years of service in the army. The Provo native was in ROTC class in high school when the attacks on 9/11 stunned the country, and he decided that he had to serve. Before long, he was a combat engineer, hunting and clearing roadside bombs in Iraq. READ MORE

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