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Here at this retreat near washington, d.c., not everything is at it seems. >> i spent 19 1/2 years dissupposing of bombs. when we look at what happens in traditional therapy and medication therapy, it seems to be the same mistake over and over. >> reporter: founder ken talk and a staff of veterans are approaching post traumatic stress not as a disorder tore treat, but a mission to train for. >> we created a training program, not a mental health therapy program, and we can take combat veterans and created a peer-to-peer model that is overseen by clinical psychologists. >> reporter: the end goal...

While segregated, the new inmates are psychologically tested to determine in which housing area they will be placed for their remaining sentence. >> some of the women inmates we see here who are psychotic, have lost touch with reality, may have very bizarre and unusual behaviors, hear voices and those types of things. and we would need to treat them usually with medication and some supportive therapy. we also see people who have major depressive disorders, very sad, maybe suicidal. and these women may need medication therapy and also psychotherapy as well. >> once the correctional staff screen...

To talk to or just you know let my guard down. i was just always on and, you know when you do that for months on end, it just -- with no release, it definitely takes its toll. >> how did you get through it, captain? >> i trained for a marathon and ran three hours a day, and worked out all the time. and e-mailed my friends and family a lot. >> that's what helped carry you through. wow. >> absolutely yeah. >> you came back -- so fort hood when you really -- i was reading a yob panic attacks, not able to breathe because it got so bad and you got help. what was that help? what did that enable you ...

Tested to determine in which housing area they will be placed for their remaining sentence. >> some of the women inmates we see here who are psychotic, have lost touch with reality, may have very bizarre and unusual behaviors, hear voices and those types of things. and we would need to treat them usually with medication and some supportive therapy. we also see people who have major depressive disorders, very sad, maybe suicidal. and these women may need medication therapy and also psychotherapy as well. >> once the correctional staff screens each inmate for medical and psychological needs as w...

Housing area they will be placed for their remaining sentence. >> some of the women inmates we see here who are psychotic, have lost touch with reality, may have very bizarre and unusual behaviors, hear voices and those types of things. and we would need to treat them usually with medication and some supportive therapy. we also see people who have major depressive disorders, very sad, maybe suicidal. and these women may need medication therapy and also psychotherapy as well. >> once the correctional staff screens each inmate for medical and psychological needs as well as security risks, she's ...