Veteran talks about removing stigma around PTSD, mental health

With the stigma around mental illness, and PTSD in particular, promoting stereotypes that depict people with PTSD as dangerous, unpredictable, incompetent or to blame for their illness has led many to avoid mental health services. With the increasing incidence of suicide and suicide attempts among returning veterans, concerns about depression prompted veteran Christopher Deery to disregard the stigma and seek a mental health assessment.

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