Posts Tagged ‘Military’

POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS INJURY OR DISORDER?

Bruce Dow blogging

Combat-related emotional stress has been called soldier’s heart, shell shock, battle fatigue, and since the early 1970’s, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  Posttraumatic stress (PTS) is often said to be unique among currently defined…

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Stimulants and PTSD

A recent editorial by Richard A. Friedman, MD, in the NY Sunday Times for 4/22/12, raises the issue of stimulant use possibly exacerbating PTSD symptoms in US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is an important issue for the US…

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