Between 8.5 percent and 14 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq report serious functional impairment due to either posttraumatic stress disorder or depression, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
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June 18, 2010
About One-Tenth Of Soldiers Returning From Iraq May Be Impaired By Mental Health Problems
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June 17, 2010
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Associated With Dementia Among Older Veterans
Older veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear more likely to develop dementia over a seven-year period than those without PTSD, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
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February 12, 2010
November 27, 2009
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professionals Laud DMS’s Friedman, Schnurr
The International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) recently honored Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) faculty members Matthew J. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., and Paula P. Schnurr, Ph.D., for their work as co-founders of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Friedman, a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology & toxicology and executive director of the national center
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