by chiggerbit » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:33 am
That's probably because so many of the ones who should have been included in the study are already dead, you stupid jerks, dying so much younger than their non-veteran "peers". My Nam vet husband died in his late forties, and my sister's Nam vet brother-in-law, who lost his legs in that war, died a couple of years younger. They may not have been psychologically disabled, but they were seriously impacted, believe me, enough to impact their physical health. These were the only two Nam vets in the family, as well as the only two males in the family who died before their time. The non-vet male members of the family, several Rush-loving bimbos, are thriving. So, tell me about these "scientific" results. (Sorry, I keep editing this because I am SO pissed.)<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Degree_of_Vietnam_stress_disorder_found_0817.html">www.rawstory.com/news/200..._0817.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>The New York Times is set to report on Friday that far fewer Vietnam veterans are suffering from post-traumatic stress than previously thought, RAW STORY has learned. <br><br>The research, published in the journal Science and considered authoritative by experts, found that only 18.7% of Vietnam veterans have developed a stress disorder linked to their wartime service, far lawer than the previous estimate of 30.9%. Only 9.1% of the veterans were considered to have disabling symptoms at the time of examination, compared with the previous figure of 15.2%<br><br>These findings are bound to impact the ongoing debate concerning the emotional effects of service in Iraq. Politicians have started suggesting that the Department of Veterans Affairs is overpaying for exaggerated claims of combat stress disabilities. Veterans groups and some trauma researchers are infuriated and say that mental health services are already falling short of needs.<br><br>The Times quotes Bobby Muller, president of Vietnam Veterans for America in Washington, as saying, "The fact is that veterans suffering mental health problems have been under assault, the diagnosis has been continuously attacked in terms of its legitimacy, funding has not been ramped up to handle these problems for vets returning from Iraq, and now people will see this study and say, 'Oh look, the problem is not as bad as we thought it was.'"<br><br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 8/17/06 11:57 pm<br></i>
