Contact: Josiah Williams, Publicist, WinePress Publishing, 360-802-9758, josiah@winepresspublishing.com

ENUMCLAW, Wash., April 25, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The United States has deployed over 2,000,000 troops overseas to Iraq and Afghanistan since September 2001. According to the Archives of General Psychiatry (June, 2010), "A growing body of literature has demonstrated the association of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan with post deployment mental health problems, particularly posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression."

The resulting study discovered the persistence of PTSD for 8.5-14 percent of soldiers returning home from combat. Furthermore, "The findings of the study show that at 12 months following combat, the prevalence of mental health problems among veterans does not abate, and in many cases, increases."

Dr. Adel Gobran Hanna's book, "Soldier to Soldier, Heart to Heart" (WinePress, 2011), documents his personal interactions with soldiers heading to and from war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan.

As their physician, he paints a vivid picture of the heart of soldiers -- their fears, failures, hopes, and dreams. The stories he includes focus primarily on the influence of his Judeo-Christian faith and the impact it leaves upon his patients as they deal with issues such as fear, guilt, rage, and depression.

"It is my strong desire to help and encourage our soldiers, and the many readers who are in a station in their lives where they seem to be drowning in emotional confusion, and problems that seem to weigh them down."

Born and raised in Khartoum, Sudan, Adel Gobran Hanna is the son of an Ethiopian mother and an Egyptian father of Lebanese ancestry. Dr. Adel Gobran Hanna is Board Certified in Family Practice. He earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Cincinnati (1986), and Wright State University School of Medicine (1993), and completed his residency training in Family Practice at the University of Minnesota (1996).

For more information, to request a review copy of "Soldier to Soldier: Heart to Heart," or to schedule an interview with Dr. Hanna, please contact Josiah Williams by phone at 360-802-9758, by email at josiah@winepresspublishing.com, or by fax at 360-802-9992. To purchase a copy of this book visit www.winepressbooks.com or call 877-421-7323. You can also visit Dr. Hanna's website -- www.hopeforsoldiers.com.