Columbine Shootings 10 Years Later: Students, Teacher Still Haunted by Post-Traumat

Though Columbine is now a decade old -- and a larger shooting at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead followed in 2007 -- the wounds of this tragedy are still raw.

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Brain scan 'could diagnose PTSD'

"This sensitivity to neutral information is consistent with the PTSD symptom of hypervigilance, where those afflicted are on high alert for threats and are more distracted by not only threatening situations that remind them of the trauma, but also by benign situations," said Dr Rajendra Morey, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Duke University.

"This has not been seen at the brain level before. If further research confirms this preliminary finding, this pattern could be useful in distinguishing the PTSD brain."

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"I believe that I did have PTSD"

Matthew Marino was sent back to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty after the Army diagnosed him with "anxiety disorder" instead of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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What motive does the Army have to misdiagnose PTSD?

A reluctance to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder could be about the money, and about the need for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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"I am under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD"

A secret recording reveals the Army may be pushing its medical staff not to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. The Army and Senate have ignored the implications.

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Veterans struggle to truly come home

"I sleep in the garage because I don't want the kids to see me. ... It's cold in the garage. It's more embarrassing, though, if they were to see me," he says.


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Night terrors can lead to strangling and other violent sleep behavior - but treatment can help

“What happens is that an individual is in the depths of sleep, has a partial awakening, and begins to enact certain behavior. The person could have violent or unusual behavior, and if they are dreaming of violent things, they may act them out.”

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