STAN: AND MOUNTING RESEARCH
POINTS TO UNTREATED PTSD
AS A MAIN CULPRIT.
11 NEWS REPORTER ADAM MAY HAS A
LOOK AT HOW SOME MARYLANDERS ARE
TRYING TO REVERSE THE TREND
>> YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIPS TO
A YOUNG CHILD.
I WOULD WAKE UP AND THINK ABOUT
THE 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT
STABBED HER MOTHER TO DEATH.
EVERY SCENE IN THAT HOUSE.
REPORTER: HE IS A FORMER
BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER,
RECOVERING FROM PTSD TRIGGERED
BY CONSTANT EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
PUSHED TO THE EDGE AFTER HE
FATALLY SHOT A 20-YEAR-OLD
DURING A RUNNING GUN BATTLE NEAR
THE NOW DEMOLISHED MURPHY HOMES
BACK IN 2005.
>> THERE COMES A BREAKING POINT,
AND THE SHOOTING WAS A BREAKING
POINT, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT
AT THE TIME.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL IT LEAD ME
TO DIVORCE, I HAD A WONDERFUL
FAMILY, KIDS, LIFE, BEAUTIFUL
HOUSE.
IT LED ME TO VERY LOW POINTS
WHERE I HAD A GUN IN MOUTH AT
ONE POINT.
YOU JUST WANT THINGS TO END, TO
GO AWAY FROM IT ALL.
>> THE LATEST STUDIES REVEAL 108
POLICE SUICIDES 116 FIREFIGHTER
SUCIDES A YEAR, OFTEN TRIGGERED
BY PTSD.
IT'S THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
>> IT'S AS HIGH, IF NOT HIGHER
THAN IN THE VETERANS POPULATION.
ADAM: DOCTOR ABBY MORRIS IS THE
DIRECTOR OF A FIRST OF IT'S
KIND, IN-PATIENT PTSD TREATMENT
CENTER THAT JUST OPENED IN
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CREATED
BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF FIREFIGHTERS, RUN BY PRIVATE
MEDICAL COMPANY, ADVANCED
RECOVERY SYSTEMS.
FOR THEIR PRIVACY, WE DIDN'T
FILM PATIENTS BUT THEY'RE HERE
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SEEKING
HELP.
>> I HAVE TO REMIND THESE GUYS
ALL THE TIME, THEY'RE
FIREFIGHTERS, THEY'RE HEROS, AND
PART OF WHAT WE DO HERE IS FOCUS
ON THE FACT THEY'RE
FIREFIGHTERS, BUT THEY CAME INTO
THIS WORLD HUMAN.
ADAM: DOCTOR MORRIS, WHO'S ALSO
WORKED WITH POLICE SAYS PTSD
AFFECTS AT LEAST 1 IN 5, ACTIVE
DUTY POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS.
THIS NEW CENTER IN MARYLAND JUST
SCRATCHES THE SURFACE.
>> DIVORCE IS HIGH IN THIS
POPULATION, SUICIDE IS HIGH IN
THIS POPULATION, ALCOH
AND ADDICTION IS HIGH IN THIS
POPULATION, BECAUSE THERE'
REALLY NOT A LOT OF SUPPORT THAT
HAS EVER BEEN PUT INTO PLACE IN
THIS BROTHERHOOD.
>> WHEN YOU WORK ON THE STREETS
OF BALTIMORE FOR 20 YEARS YOU
HAVE A LOT OF BROTHERS AND
SISTERS.
I WANT TO BE THERE FOR FAMILY TO
TALK TO THEM.
ADAM: RICK WILLIARD IS NOW
TURNING HIS TRAUMA INTO ACTION
LAUNCHING COP STRESS.COM, A PEER
TO PEER SUPPORT GROUP OFFERING
IMMEDIATE HELP BY PHONE.
>> A LOT OF TIMES I'TS JUST
HAVING SOMEONE TO TALK TO WHO
UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU'RE FEELING.
IF I HELP ONE PERSON, GET
THROUGH THINGS IN THEIR LIFE, IT
HELPS THAT PERSON, THEIR FAMILY
AND SOCIETY.
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