Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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The Junk Science Behind Michael Savage's Attacks On Military Troops With PTSD

Lisa Reed | Media Matters | October 26, 2014

Last week, Michael Savage leveled his latest in a long string of attacks on Americans with mental illness and the medical community that works to help them. After a veteran caller with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) expressed support for the city of San Francisco naming a bridge after the late Robin Williams, the right-wing radio host announced that he is "so sick and tired of everyone with their complaints about PTSD, depression," asserting that it's a sign of a "weak, sick, broken nation."...

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Veterans Journal: Navy Surgeon General Describes Mental And Physical Toll Of War Wounds

George W. Reilly | Providence Journal | November 2, 2014

Of the signature wounds of the past 13 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, limb amputations affect the service member most directly, while psychological issues can pose altogether different challenges, Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan said in a Sept. 18 speech to medical personnel at the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Resilience summit in Falls Church, Va...

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Why VA Health Care Is Different

David J. Shulkin | Federal Practitioner | May 1, 2016

Is VA health care really “all that different” from what veterans would find in the private sector? As someone who spent more than 25 years managing private sector health care organizations and recently joined VA as its under secretary for health, I’ve had the unique opportunity to compare the health care systems. Over the past several months, I’ve met with veterans and their families, veterans service organizations, VA clinicians, facility staff, and veteran employees at all levels...

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