they re out. i mean, there are a whole host of situations that might remind them of this event. so it could be being in water, be it swimming. it could be being in an enclosed room with a door closed, that might bring back feelings of being trapped again. it could be being in darkness, nighttime. there are many, many potential different reminders. most people who go through a trauma don t develop ptsd, so it s not a fact they re all going to develop post traumatic stress. they might not. in the first month after a trauma like this, it s very normal to have unwanted memories and feelings that are very similar to what you experience during the event. so if they felt panicked and anxious during time in the cave, that is common and the aftermath in the first month after a trauma. normally this dies down during time. that s typically what we see in people. but if they have flashbacks and unwanted memories and feel scared, we would want to intervene quite quickly with a
and it was handled appropriately and timely. one of the things that obviously we re going to look at as the days go forward and always do in this to situations that involve military, doctor, is, as you pointed out, we don t have the a direct correlation between ptsd and violence. 7.7 million people, the vast majority of them will never become violent, although they know, we have seen these incidents, whether something major like this, something that s in a home, it s also going to bring up a lot of issues for people who are at that base five years ago, for the nidal hasan shooting and back then the chain of are command knew there were mental health problems and critics say they didn t do enough to stop it, but talk to us about the broader price that we pay? not just in terms of something i-pry foale like this but for ptsd in general? we have a problem in this country because mental illness has so much stigma associated with it.
people will hear that he saw a psychiatrist, that he was being evaluated but had not been diagnosed and people will ask the question, well, why didn t we know something might be coming? ptsd by itself, it doesn t make people violent. so you can t really predict if someone s going to become violent under these circumstances. it s impossible to know what s going on in their own mind. but the key with ptsd is to understand that the person has experienced a trauma and so they re reliving that in their mind. so if he saw something while he was in iraq and he s reliving that at that time, that might have predisposed him to violence. at the same time, are to the psychiatrist, they re in a difficult position. you don t want to take away someone s freedom, hospital someone and say they are violent or that they might hurt someone when you really don t know if that s going to happen. things can change at any moment. you hit on something that may be important here, because one of the things we
wounds, no direct involvement in combat, no record of purple heart activity, no record of any injury but you say maybe it was something he saw, something he experienced, that might have been outside personally getting involved in combat? that can happen, because trauma is different for different people. even now at this fort hood shooting, people who might not have been at a previous one may stay develop ptsd now. it s what a person internalizes and how in feel, respond to that trauma. the v.a. is good at bringing people in and trying to treat them. it s got a lot of resources for treating mental illness, but it s still very difficult without a cure for these types of symptoms. in the meantime, obviously, we want to know what happened here. what was the motive here? don, the fbi has come in to work with army officials on this investigation. what would they be doing now? what s their focus? it s not like they re looking for a suspect. we no who did it but want to know why. exactly
chihuahua. all ronald mcdonalds, actual people with the actual maim ronald mcdonald. howard bragman, great to have you here. go the to love those people. thank you so much. that s going to wrap up this hour of jansing and co. i m chris jansing. coming up on news nation, tamron hall, live news coverage from the hospital where the victims are being treated from the fort hood shooting and talking to a doctor who specializes in ptsd. again that will do it for me. i ll see you back here tomorrow. i ve always kept my eye on her.