Research highlights PTSD veterans also suffer from medical illnesses

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Research highlights PTSD veterans also suffer from medical illnesses

Is the US health system comprehensively meeting the needs of returning veterans? With the recent attention to mental illness in returning soldiers, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in particular, little research has focused on the medical care needs of those returning from Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to Dr. Susan Frayne, from the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, and colleagues.

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Tags: Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Disease and Condition, Healthcare, Stress Management, Surgery