Former US Marine Corps Captain, Katariina Fagering, served in Desert Storm in 1991 and Fallujah, Iraq in 2006. Captain Fagering talks about the WISER program at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Hospital in Houston, Texas.  The WISER (Women's Inpatient Specialty Evaluation & Recovery) program is designed specifically to help women veterans who are living with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), traumatic brain injury, substance abuse, depression or sexual trauma.

To get help, veterans can speak to their health care provider, go to www.va.gov, or call the VA Health Benefits Call Center at 1-877-222-8387 to determine eligibility. 

Publications/Blog:

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Quotes:

“Be kind for everyone is fighting a great battle.” ~ Philo

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.”  ~Maya Angelou

Fluent
I would love to live
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.
~ John O'Donohue

"The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes." ~ Mark Nepo

Related Websites:

1.        National Center for PTSD, US Department of Veterans Affairs

2.        Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Wikipedia

3.        Women Veterans Healthcare, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center