Without a Scratch: Living With PTSD (part 2)

Published: July 9, 2007, noon

b"Richard Hoffman was 18 years old when he deployed to Vietnam in 1967.\\nThe young Marine Cpl. Hoffman was wounded by a grenade after only a few months and returned to the states to recover. He didn't realize it then, but he suffered the classic symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.\\nOnly after a violent outburst at his home in 1984 did he finally seek help for PTSD."