Transcript: Lola Parkerson
Family members often recognize PTSD in returning veterans and will ask for help
- [Lindberg:]
- And the tribe is rather proud of those that go into the military aren't they?
- [Parkerson:]
- Uh-huh, they really honor veterans.
- [Lindberg:]
- Yes, so have any come back with a traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, that kind of problem?
- [Parkerson:]
- I think post-traumatic.
- [Lindberg:]
- But the first trick is to recognize the existence of the post-traumatic stress disorder, isn’t it?
- [Parkerson:]
- Uh-huh.
- [Lindberg:]
- So how do you facilitate that getting done? I mean the earlier the better from what I’ve heard.
- [Parkerson:]
- Well, because I was in that field, I used to just notice this individual that wasn’t—
- [Lindberg:]
- I see, you had observed it.
- [Parkerson:]
- It was through observation and maybe family members would recognize that he or she is not right since they came back, and then they would ask for help.