PTSD

FARMINGTON -- The Silver Eagle refinery explosion did more damage to Brian Horne's mental state than the dive he took into Lake Powell that paralyzed him when he was 18, a forensic psychologist says.

OGDEN — With a large contingent of Matthew David Stewart’s supporters looking on, a judge scheduled the first public airing of the evidence against Stewart in a fatal shootout with police.

Second District Judge Noel Hyde set Stewart’s preliminary hearing for July 18-20 on charges from the Jan. 4 gunfight that left one officer dead and five wounded.

SALT LAKE CITY — Tears still flow from the parents of Army Cpl. Raphael R. Arruda, who was killed in Afghanistan on July 16, 2011.

“Every time, it is emotional,” Sergio Arruda De Souza, of South Ogden, said of the times he has gone to special events honoring his son, who died just a few days before his 22nd birthday in Kunar District, Afghanistan.

FRESNO, Calif. -- The hospital was built in the years after World War II. Its ceilings are low, corridors long and corners sharp -- all possible stress triggers for those who have been in combat.

Not to mention that a hospital waiting room can make anyone edgy.

But the Veterans Affairs hospital in Fresno has found a way to make the experience easier: live music.

OAKLAND, Calif. — For American hikers and University of California, Berkeley, graduates Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, the realization of their recently gained freedom may take a while to sink in. The process of readjustment could be tough and painful.

BLUFFDALE -- Drew Reese says he knows, as well as any living person can, what it's like to be dead.

A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, Reese said he returned home in 2005 with a physical disability and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Upon returning, Reese said, his physical pain was difficult, but the emotional trauma was "impossible."