Upon returning from a tour in Iraq, U.S. Army Specialist Ryan Yurchison fell into a serious drug addiction, trying to cope with the loss of three friends in a car bomb attack. When his mother cried for help, the Veteran Affairs (V.A.) hospital put Ryan on a six-month waiting list.Three months later, he was dead from an overdose (see the link below).
If there is any question bigger than how we take care of our soldiers returning home from war with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it is the one that asks why the government sending them to war in the first place doesn’t step up when a life is on the line.
Available for interviews to look at this serious issue with incredible depth and reverence is psychotherapist, Biblical expert and author Dr. Steven Haymon, Ed.D., unique in his skill of tempering the science of the mind with the fire and hammer of Christianity.
Haymon can reference both his latest published book entitled Stress: Climbing Out of the Pits With God, and his soon-to-be-released new work, The War Within: Combating PTSD With God, to provide some remarkable insight into this troubling and widely obscure affliction that is literally killing the soldiers who manage to survive the battlefield.
“This country desires the ‘best of the best’,” explains Haymon, “because we need to be able to display to all concerned, our training, equipment and strategic superiority when we are tested by war. (But) war has never been just physical—the ability to shoot, kill, capture and subjugate. There has been, and will always be, a mental and emotional aspect of war—that which occurs in the minds and feelings of those individuals carrying out the fight.”
Find out more about this mysterious PTSD demon that claims the lives of 25 soldiers for every one soldier lost on the battlefield. Hear what it takes to overcome it, and what the government should be doing to save these warriors in an overwhelmingly understated debt of gratitude.
Call Special Guests to arrange an interview with Dr. Steve Haymon.
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE MAY BE USEFUL FOR SHOW PREP:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/good-night-ryan.html?_r=1&ref=sunday
ABOUT YOUR GUEST, DR. STEVEN HAYMON:
Dr. Steven Haymon, Ed.D, has more than 38 years of clinical experience as a psychotherapist/consultant. He has treated thousands of clients for issues including childhood disorders, fractures in marital and couples relationships, family conflicts, parent/child conflicts and chemical dependency. Dr. Haymon has also done extensive work with mood disorders, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. He has a wealth of knowledge in conducting training, workshops and seminars in his various fields of study and research.
Dr. Haymon has a B.A. in Education, M.S.W. in Social Work and an Ed.D in Educational Psychology. He has also pursued and completed Christian educational course-work at Bethesda Temple Bible Institute, under the tutelage of Dr. Rachel Webb. Dr. Haymon is a member of Bethesda Temple Church of the Apostolic Faith in St. Louis, Missouri, where the Honorable Bishop James A. Johnson, D.D. is pastor.
ABOUT DR. HAYMON’S BOOK:
Stress is a condition most people know little about until its dramatic effects take charge of their lives. It can manifest itself in simple inappropriate behaviors towards ourselves or one another or reach the more intense impact through mood disorders, addictions and physical illnesses.
With scriptural index, additional resources and life changing directions for individuals, pastors, counselors, therapists and others who work in the helping professions, this reference book—strongly endorsed by Christian counselors and pastors—is a valuable source for answers to the daily struggles that create stress.
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