Welcome to a very important NewsLadder - one dedicated to sharing news, information and articles about PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, a mental health issue that afflicts thousands of current servicemembers and impacts their families.

The PTSD NewsLadder is a community where news, articles, photos, videos, blog posts and anything else that you can link to can be put up for all to see and share.

This is the site where the news is by, about what is happening with this issue and what you can do about it - we encourage you to join the PTSD NewsLadder and help us help everyone struggling with PTSD. All you have to do is sign up, sign in and link to stories you see that you think are interesting. You vote stories up the ladder simply by clicking the plus or minus buttons under the large number to the left.

So welcome, we hope you will find this site useful and helpful. Please share it with your friends.