SJR143 Summary

• Designates June 27 of each year as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and the month of June as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month.

• Advocates for terminology change from "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (PTSD) to "Post-Traumatic Stress Injury" (PTSI) to reduce stigma and encourage treatment-seeking among affected individuals.

• Urges the Department of Public Health and Department of Veterans Affairs to continue educating victims of interpersonal violence, combat, life-threatening accidents, natural disasters and their families about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of post-traumatic stress injury.

• Directs transmission of the resolution to the Governor, Department of Public Health, and Department of Veterans Affairs as an expression of the Alabama Legislature's sentiment.