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  • October 2007

    • Veteran Stress Cases Surge

      USA Today  |  Oct 19, 07 6:20 AM CDT

      Veteran Stress Cases Surge

      (Newser) - The Department of Veterans Affairs reported treating 20,000 new cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a 12-month period ending in June, up an astounding 70% from the same time the previous year, reports USA Today . The VA counts a total of nearly 50,000 PTSD cases, and expects the number to grow. More »

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      veterans  • mental health  • PTSD  • Iraq veterans

  • August 2007
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  • June 2007

    • Army Hospital MIA on Stress Disorders

      Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 07 4:15 PM CDT

      Army Hospital MIA on Stress Disorders

      (Newser) - Though 20 to 40 soldiers are sent home from Iraq each month with severe mental problems, the Army's largest hospital has no post-traumatic stress disorder center, reports the Washington Post . There is also a severe shortage of doctors qualified to treat these patients. Not long ago, the head of psychiatry sent a memo pleading for more staff. More »

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      health care  • soldier  • veterans  • PTSD  • stress  • psychiatry  • Walter Reed Army Medical Center

  • April 2007

    • How America Is Betraying The Iraqis Who Work For It

      New Yorker  |  Apr 1, 07 10:19 PM CDT

      How America Is Betraying The Iraqis Who Work For It

      (Newser) - George Packer traveled the world from Baghdad to Malmo to Damascus to talk to the Iraqis, mostly young,  who have served the American military as interpreters, intelligence gathers and local experts.  He finds a disillusioned group of once pro-American Iraqis betrayed by mistrust, bureaucratic indifference, and outright lack of concern by American officials who have put them and their families in harm's way. More »

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      Iraq  • troop withdrawal  • US Army  • military  • America  • PTSD  • stress  • bureaucracy

  • March 2007

    • The Women's War

      New York Times  |  Mar 18, 07 8:41 PM CDT

      (Newser) - Sara Corbett writes in The New York Times Magazine about the role of women soldiers in the Iraq war and the extraordinary toll it is taking on many of them. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • women  • US Army  • soldier  • PTSD  • harassment

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