There are symptoms and there's a diagnosis. So that makes it easier on families to get help.

With my first husband, I did not know what it was.

I knew he had nightmares, I knew he had suicidal

tendencies, I knew that we had to go and live

with his parents because he was not able to work,

I know that he was in therapy.

And often, I thought it had to do with problems before the war

because we were only married a few months when he went

to war, but he came back different.

So, I didn't have a name for it other than he had

a 30 percent psychiatric disability.

When I married Jim and Jim was able to relate to the PTSD,

then I put it together.

And I think the good thing, now,

for Veterans is there's a label.

There's something you can call it, there are symptoms,

and there's a diagnosis.

So that makes it easier on families to get help.