Local program releases documentary about teens with PTSD
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - When we think of post-traumatic stress disorder, soldiers returning from war-torn countries like Iraq or Afghanistan come to mind. But there's growing evidence that PTSD also affects Americans right here at home, especially those exposed to violence in their own neighborhoods.
Chicago teens growing up in violent communities on the Far South Side have participated in a program that compared war PTSD with urban violence PTSD in conjunction. They worked with veterans, mentors, and counselors - and now they have released a documentary on teens who experience PTSD.
Marsha Eaglin of the Impact Family Center - the group behind this program, Christine Bespalec-Davis of the National Veterans Art Museum, Emmett Hankey an Impact Family Center intern and Sergeant First Class Cassandra Taylor - a U.S Army veteran.