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Inside a therapy group for Marines ... interviews with four veterans from three different wars Organizations that can help and advise service members and veterans	Military and mental health experts talk about war's psychological toll and how the military is handling the problem.	Were the stories that a young Marine told his family about his war experience in Iraq, truth or illusion?	The impact of battle and how to prepare the soldier ... PTSD vs. combat stress ... the obstacles in getting help ... is the military doing enough?	Human resiliency ... the mental health of troops returning from Iraq ... poetry and prose of war over the decades ... more.

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The Soldier's Heart

As the War in Iraq continues the first measures of its psychological toll are coming in. A medical study estimates that more than one in seven returning veterans are expected to suffer from major depression anxiety or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. For those who have survived the fighting the battle is not over. For some the return home can be as painful as war itself. FRONTLINE tells the stories of soldiers who have come home haunted by their experiences and asks whether the government is doing enough to help.

posted march 1, 2005