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author, 'The Evil Hours'
Veteran, a former war reporter in Iraq, and the author of The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
PROFILE
David Morris
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FROM David Morris
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
A Debate Over How to Treat Traumatized Vets In his State of the Union speech last week, President Obama said that fewer than 15,000 troops are left in Iraq and Afghanistan. But many of the hundreds of thousands that have served are still fighting their own personal battles here at home. As many as 20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are suffering from some form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PSTD. The Veteran’s Administration favors a treatment called “prolonged exposure therapy,” which involves re-living trauma. But at least one vet says the therapy not only didn’t help him, but actually made things worse. We hear from both sides.
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The Business
In 'Speechless,' Scott Silveri combines comedy, family & disability Scott Silveri has written and produced sitcoms for more than 20 years. In all that time, he never encountered a TV family that looked anything like the one he grew up in -- with a mom, a dad...and a brother with cerebral palsy. He changed that with his show Speechless on ABC. Silveri tells us about looking to his own past for stories, and why he was determined to make a family comedy and not just a "disability show."
Design and Architecture
Farewell LA freeways, Peter Shire is back Angelenos don't want more freeways but we seem not to want mass transit either. Metro has killed the 710 freeway extension, and bus and train ridership is down across the region. What's the future of getting around in LA? And, Peter Shire is having a comeback. What attracts a new generation to his playful ceramics and furniture?