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05.22.2008 9:01 pm

Friday editorials: Failing the troops

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Disturbing new evidence emerged last week that the Department of Veterans Affairs continues to provide shoddy mental health care for soldiers and Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Lack of effective screening, delayed care and denied diagnoses add up to a…

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05.01.2008 11:28 am

Developments on troops/veterans mental health issues

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My Wednesday column contrasted the solicitous treatment the government gives to retired senior officers moonlighting as on-air military analysts with the years of continuing struggle faced by active-duty troops and veterans to get decent care for mental problems, including post-traumatic…

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04.21.2008 9:01 pm

Tuesday editorial: War’s unseen wounds

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Last week, the RAND Corp. released a massive study suggesting that as many as 300,000 U.S. troops who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan may be suffering from severe depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. Another 320,000 may have suffered traumatic brain…

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