4 paws, 2 feet, 1 team to fight PTSD
Excerpt:Many U.S. veterans are struggling with invisible wounds such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. But some of them are finding peace at home thanks to their canine companions. Click through the gallery to meet a few veterans and the service dogs who help them get through their daily lives. The dogs help them with their anxiety and give them the confidence to socialize again Top 10 CNN Hero Mary Cortani helps veterans in California train their own service dogs (CNN) -- He was antisocial and difficult to work with at first. He'd clearly been abused by his father as evidenced by the deep, round scab near his shoulder. He hadn't been eating well. And he was so skittish that the slightest noise or motion set him off.
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Jeff Wilson
Overall Sentiment: 0.0534581
Relevance: 0.789047
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| 0 | "We were kind of kindred spirits," he said. ... |
| 0.0696054 | "We were kind of kindred spirits," he said. "I think it really helped deepen our connection because he wasn't just helping me; I was helping him. I was helping him get past the same obstacles that I had. I had to recognize it in myself and get past that to help him." |
| 0 | Wilson tells Lobo, "Watch my back," ... |
| 0 | "Knowing he's there makes me comfortable," Wilson said. ... |
| 0.14424 | "Knowing he's there makes me comfortable," Wilson said. "I'm not worried about the attacks. I still think about them, but I'm not hampered by them. I can go to the movies." |
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Jennifer Haeffner
Overall Sentiment: -0.0261404
Relevance: 0.6608
Mary Cortani
Overall Sentiment: 0.260139
Relevance: 0.579485
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| 0.104196 | "their own service dog, there are immediate benefits right off the bat," Cortani said. ... |
| -0.345416 | "You could just tell the pain and the anguish that even meeting me for the first time was causing," said Cortani, ... |
| 0 | Cortani said the difference between the Haeffner of five months ago and the Haeffner of today is like "night and day." |
| 0.163072 | "She's creating her own new normal," Cortani said. ... |
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Lobo
Overall Sentiment: -0.0188911
Relevance: 0.418019
Sen. Johnny Isakson
Overall Sentiment: 0.0794096
Relevance: 0.38993
Corey Hudson
Overall Sentiment: 0.175414
Relevance: 0.345519
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| 0 | "There's something mystical and magical about dogs and people and placing them together," said Hudson, ... |
| 0 | "There's something mystical and magical about dogs and people and placing them together," said Hudson, who has "worked with and against the VA" |
| 0 | "You can also use them as an excuse to get out of things or leave early," Hudson said. ... |
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Pushpa Basnet
Overall Sentiment: -0.233784
Relevance: 0.331883
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| 0.135568 | "I always had a dream to build our own home for these children, and I want to rescue more children who are still in prisons," Basnet said. ... |
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stokes Wilson
Overall Sentiment: -0.158517
Relevance: 0.30604
Christie O'Reilly
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.266347
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Organization: VA
Overall Sentiment: 0.0315827
Relevance: 0.562787
Organization: Army
Overall Sentiment: 0.0304892
Relevance: 0.408883
Organization: Veterans Affairs Department
Overall Sentiment: 0.0861814
Relevance: 0.336315
Organization: Assistance Dogs International
Overall Sentiment: 0.0298234
Relevance: 0.315544
Company: CNN
Overall Sentiment: 0.358671
Relevance: 0.548596
Company: Canine Companions
Overall Sentiment: 0.415208
Relevance: 0.431986
StateOrCounty: California
Overall Sentiment: 0.263721
Relevance: 0.424382
Country: U.S.
Overall Sentiment: -0.254572
Relevance: 0.333514
Country: Iraq
Overall Sentiment: -0.184072
Relevance: 0.311163
City: Gilroy
Overall Sentiment: 0.22385
Relevance: 0.311191
City: Paradise City
Overall Sentiment: 0.0524267
Relevance: 0.303441
HealthCondition: post-traumatic stress disorder
Overall Sentiment: -0.215188
Relevance: 0.642137
HealthCondition: depression
Overall Sentiment: -0.340581
Relevance: 0.384867
HealthCondition: anxiety
Overall Sentiment: -0.79211
Relevance: 0.383915
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