Assembly Resolution No. 688

BY: M. of A. Gunther

MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
June 2023, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness
Month, and June 27, 2023, as Post-Traumatic Stress
Injury Awareness Day in the State of New York

WHEREAS, All citizens of the United States possess the basic human
right to the preservation of personal dignity; and

WHEREAS, All citizens of the United States deserve the investment of
every possible resource to ensure their lasting physical, mental, and
emotional well-being; and

WHEREAS, The diagnosis known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) was initially formulated in 1980 by the American Psychiatric
Association to more accurately assess and assist veterans who had
endured severe combat stress in Vietnam; and

WHEREAS, It has been shown though electro-magnetic imaging that
these wounds can cause physical changes to the brain which are more
accurately describe as an injury; and

WHEREAS, Referring to invisible wounds as post-traumatic stress
injury (PTSI) can favorably influence those affected and encourage them
to seek treatment without fear of retribution or shame; and

WHEREAS, Post-traumatic stress injury can occur following exposure
to extremely traumatic events other than combat such as, but not
exclusive to interpersonal violence, life-threatening accidents and
natural disasters; and

WHEREAS, All citizens suffering from post-traumatic stress injury
deserve our compassion and consideration; those brave men and women of
the United States Armed Forces who have received these wounds in action
against an enemy of the United States further deserve our clear and
obvious recognition; and

WHEREAS, Timely and appropriate treatment of post-traumatic stress
injury can diminish complications and avert suicides; now, therefore, be
it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2023, as
Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month, and June 27, 2023, as
Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day in the State of New York; and
be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York; and Thomas Mahany, Executive Director, Honor for ALL.