Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

The speaker for this Thursday’s Rotary meeting is Dr. Jim Carmichael, author of “A Long Healing Come Slowly." Dr. Carmichael is a Vietnam War Veteran who served a 13-month combat tour in South Vietnam. When he got home, he was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Since then, he has spent years studying the condition, at the physiological, psychological and spiritual level. A pastor, Carmichael is also the chaplain for the Advisory Council at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia, and former President of Friends of Veterans.