New Research on PTSD dumb idea

This is how we ended up with the bullshit program called Comprehensive Soldier Fitness. It was a research project and was not even tested before it was delivered to the troops. Once the suicides went up afterwards, they just pushed the program harder.

“We do have a new study starting up for post-traumatic stress disorder many of whom the veterans will be treated at the C.W. Bill Young Building on campus,” Kip said.

The goal of academia is to apply the research as quickly as possible according to Interim Vice President of USF Health Dr. Donna Petersen.

There has been over 40 years of research done on PTSD but these folks don't want to bother with a tiny detail like that. What has already been proven to work, they avoid. What has been proven to fail, they repeat.

Read more for yourself. Yes, I am fed up too.

Researchers Work to Prevent Past Neglect of Veterans
Health News Florida
By BOBBIE O'BRIEN
November 1, 2013

An estimated 2.3 million men and women have served during the nation’s last 12 years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. And as they transition out of the military, the veterans will need care for immediate and long-term conditions like post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury.

And many from health care professionals to retired military are concerned that the neglect of past veterans is not repeated with this new generation.

Troops in World War II came home in 1945 and went right back to work and college. There was no re-integration, no recognition of post-traumatic stress. So many WWII vets had to find their own ways to cope with the trauma of war.
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For a start looking back at what happened after WWII is that everyone went if they were healthy. My husband's Dad and three uncles did. One of them was killed. Another was a Merchant Marine. His ship was sunk and they ended up in the ocean. He ended up with PTSD. He was given a choice. He could go into an institution or go live on a farm with other veterans a couple took in to give them a peaceful place to live with other veterans just like them. It was called shell shock back then and yes, they were trying to treat it. They also did have a lot of support from each other.

As for PTSD and newer generations, Vietnam veterans led the way on that and they made sure things got done. Either by the government or by the public.

In 1984 Point Man International Ministries started to address PTSD in the veterans as well as addressing what the families needed to stay together.