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Many Veterans Returning With PTSD.
The Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger (11/22, Mueller) reported that studies suggest, "at the least, many hundreds of thousands" of veterans from Iraq or Afghanistan suffer from PTSD. "John A. Renner Jr., a military psychiatrist during Vietnam and now associate chief of psychiatry at the VA's Boston Healthcare System, contends repeated tours are a major factor in the higher rate of mental trauma" than from previous wars. Judith Broder, the founder and director of the Soldiers Project, a nonprofit group that provides free counseling to service members and veterans, said that "even those serving a single tour have come back with PTSD symptoms."
Veteran Resisted Treatment After PTSD Diagnosis.
The Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger (11/22, Mueller) reported on Coleman Bean, who killed himself after his second tour in Iraq. When he was having problems after leaving the army in 2005, his parents "urged their son to get help, but he initially resisted, saying he'd had a tough time getting treatment at the VA medical center in Lyons...for what
he suspected to be an ulcer." However, when the Army called him back in 2007, he changed his mind and a VA doctor "diagnosed him with PTSD, recommending an intensive, three-week inpatient program," but Bean resisted, questioning "whether he would be abandoning his responsibilities and his duty," and it would prevent him from returning to Iraq.
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