More millions being spent on PTSD but what will it prove?

VA Gets $45 Million For PTSD
White River Junction To Spearhead Research
By Chris Fleisher
Valley News Staff Writer
Saturday, September 21, 2013

White River Junction — In the 1970s and 80s, Larry Greene struggled through many sleepless nights.

“It’s hard to get a good night’s sleep,” said Greene, 64, of West Lebanon. “You’ve got all of these, I like to call them ‘demons.’ ”

The “demons” that were keeping Greene awake at night were a product of the post-traumatic stress disorder he developed after seeing heavy combat during the Vietnam War. His disorder affected many aspects of the Army veteran’s life. He had trouble holding down a job. He was short-tempered. Sometimes, he’d walk into a supermarket and become so overwhelmed with anxiety that he’d leave the groceries at the checkout counter.

He was treated for his PTSD at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center with therapy and an extensive drug regimen — 28 pills a day during one period — but sensed that physicians had no clear idea of how to cure him.

“They didn’t know. They were doing a lot of experimental stuff,” Greene said. “I can’t remember all the things they did, but there was a lot of it.”

Much has changed in the years since Greene’s service in Vietnam, and even since his PTSD diagnosis in the 1980s, in how veterans are treated for mental trauma. But many critical questions remain unanswered. Some may soon be answered.

Last month, the federal government allotted $45 million to an effort led by PTSD researchers in White River Junction to investigate better ways of diagnosing and treating the disorder.

“This is very, very big,” said Matthew Friedman, executive director of the White River Junction-based National Center for PTSD, in a recent interview. “The amount of money is unprecedented.”
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Now that we read that, take a look at something else.

The government is already spending billions a year on this repeating studies that were done in the 70's and 80's so they can ignore the findings.