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Streamlining Treatment of PTSD is Positive Step

The Department of Veterans Affairs is making a major contribution to the mental health of our men and women in uniform by streamlining the process for service members to receive treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury ("For veterans with PTSD, end of an unfair process," The Forum, Monday).

Service members and veterans struggling with PTSD already suffer from significant stress and anxiety. The system that is supposed to facilitate access to treatment should not compound that stress by requiring identification of a specific event that might lead to PTSD.

Exposure to a series of events that create intense fear, helplessness or horror can trigger the condition, and delayed onset of symptoms can make it even more difficult to pinpoint a single cause. PTSD is real, and treatment works. The earlier the syndrome is identified and treated, the better.

Carol A. Bernstein, M.D., president, American Psychiatric Association; New York

Inman Moore; Pasadena, Calif.

Source: USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/letters/2010-07-15-letters15_ST1_N.htm

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