A recent RAND Report finds that one in five Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from PTSD or major depression. This week on Florida Matters, we take a look at how these injuries are treated at the bay area's two VA hospitals - and we'll meet a local Iraqi War veteran who knows the experience first-hand. Listen now
Guests: Jayne Blacklin - Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom program manager at Bay Pines VA Medical Center. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been working with the OEF/OIF population for many years now and is knowledgeable of VA services available like healthcare entitlements and benefits, education, etc and she does outreach
Dr. Carri-Ann M. Gibson, MD, DAAPM - expert on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Director of the PTSD Program at James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
Thomas Green - handles GWoT Outreach at the St. Petersburg Vet Center. He appeared on a similar Florida Matters program in July 2006. Thomas is a veteran of the Iraq War who was injured and spent 13 months in Walter Reed Hospital. He also does motivational speaking
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Florida Matters WUSF Host Carson Cooper
Carson Cooper
Carson Cooper has been a favorite of listeners as Host of "Morning Edition" on WUSF 89.7 since 2000. He also reports for other WUSF 89.7 broadcasts. Carson has worked in Tampa Bay radio for more than two decades.
