Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans

This is important because it is the first nationwide study of VA non-mental health services from veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. In the research group, this discovery is important because soldiers found to have mental health problems are using all types of non-mental health services, not undiagnosed people. Veterans diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder have the highest usage rate in all service categories. One million men and women who returned from the theaters in Iraq and Afghanistan were diagnosed with this disease.

Author Note: Naomi Sadeh is currently in psychiatry at the National Traumatic Stress Disorder Center (PTSD), Boston Healthcare System at Veterans Affairs Department (VA), and Boston University Medical School. Part of the funds for this research comes from the University of California, the San Francisco Academic Senate Research Council, the San Francisco Mayor's Disability Department, and the Katherine Baker Living Trust. The author thanks RenéeL. Binder, MD, and Jennifer Johnson, JD are grateful for their help. The view expressed in this article is the author's view and does not reflect the official policy or position of the Veterans Affairs Bureau. For this article's communication, please send to Boston's Naomisade, Boston Healthcare System at 150 South Huntington Ave. (VA 02130) in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Naomi Sadeh is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Boston University Medical School and is a senior researcher at the Department of Behavior Sciences at the National Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Center (PTSD) of the Veterans Affairs Department (VA). She received a doctoral fellowship scholarship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dell e. Dr. Mcniel, University of California, San Francisco Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry. He is accredited by American College of Expert Psychology for Clinical Neuropsychology and Forensic Psychology. He is the chief psychologist of the Langley Porter mental hospital and clinic and is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association.