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Home Front: WoT
The sad saga of a soldier from Long Island
2008-07-08
Some soldiers return from war burdened by memories. Some soldiers are able to work through these issues and get on with life, and some can't. Army Pfc. Joseph Dwyer was one who could not, and in the end it claimed his life.

Whatever your thoughts are on war, Iraq, and the politics of war, send a prayer for this man's soul, and for his wife and child.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  he had a lot of issues, and we (via our gov't) should make sure that the next of kin and kids are well-taken care of, regardless. Either it was undiagnosed, or a result of deployment. What less should we do? My prayers to his soul and the family and friends. Sounds like a horror-show nobody should go through
Posted by: Frank G   2008-07-08 21:03  

#5  The lifetime risk for schizophrenia alone is 7.2 per 1000 people. And PTSD, a disease in itself, can exaggerate symptoms of other mental illness as well. It will make the paranoid more so, as well as the obsessive/compulsive, the neurotic, the manic-depressive and the bi-polar.

And the most common mental illness, depression, is strongly impacted by stress.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-07-08 20:31  

#4  Need to get guys like that better help. Problem is they pretty often refuse it.

Combat exposes everything you have, and for some people, they have flaws that once exposed, cannot be dealt with, and may prove fatal.

Its actually a rare enough occurrence (PTSD->death) these days that it shows the system is doing a decent job - not fantastic, but certainly better than before.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-07-08 10:55  

#3  Sounds like the poor guy had several things working against him, maybe even latent mental illness. That's too bad, its difficult to force help on a person though.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-07-08 10:25  

#2  the 31-year-old collapsed and died after abusing a computer cleaner aerosol.

Ew. What a way to go.
Posted by: gromky   2008-07-08 01:34  

#1  Sounds like his condition was complex, stress + chemical use to relieve the stress = cell damage accompanied by chemical use. Is there a specialty for dealing with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and the associated complexities of this illness????
Posted by: a yankee   2008-07-08 01:06  

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