This week’s Spouse Calls column (click here to read) highlights comments from women whose military husbands have PTSD. All were posted on the Spouse Calls blog and show the toll this disorder takes on families.
      To view these and more PTSD-related comments on the Spouse Calls blog, click here.

      Weblogs are one way that spouses from all over can connect and share their experiences on many subjects. Here some blogs – especially for military spouses – about PTSD:

• Forum for Wounded Warrior Wives at www.cinchouse.com. Click on the "Forum" tab at the top of the page and choose "Wounded Warrior Wives" from the list of discussion subjects. Participants must register with a name and e-mail address, but can choose a screen name to post comments.
• “Aftermath of War: Coping With PTSD Too” on Groups.msn.com.
• Patience Mason’s PTSD Blog at http://patiencemason.blogspot.com/
• Forums at http://www.milspouse.com.  First, register to enter the Forums; Click on the “Deployment” thread, then “Homecoming,” then “Readjustment issues.”

A previous column (Spouse Calls, July 9) discusses a helpful book by Dr. Aphrodite Matsakis, which describes the effects of PTSD on the individual and on family relationships.

 Coming up in Spouse Calls, both the column and the blog: More resources for families of military members with PTSD.