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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Army Dumps Special PTSD Screenings

Army Dumps Special PTSD Screenings
Austin Jenkins
OPB News
July 31, 2012

The U.S. Army is revising the way it diagnoses soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder. In the Northwest, it means the Army will no longer use a special psychiatric unit at Madigan Army Medical Center near Tacoma.

Some soldiers at Madigan complained the psychiatric team downgraded or reversed their PTSD diagnoses. That limited what benefits they are eligible for.
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