Iraq-war veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system that may not be ready to help them
----The first time Kristin Peterson's husband hit her, she was asleep in their bed.
She awoke that night a split second after Joshua’s fist smashed into her face, and ran, terrified and crying, to the bathroom to wipe the blood spurting from her nose.
When she stuck her head back into the bedroom, there he was--punching at the air, muttering how she was coming after him and how he was going to kill her. Kristin started yelling, but Joshua’s eyes were closed. He was still asleep.
The next morning, Joshua saw the dried blood on his wife. “Oh, God,” she recalls him saying. “I did that.” read more...
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