No Post-Traumatic-Stress Clinic At Walter Reed


	No Post-Traumatic-Stress Clinic At Walter Reed

BartendingBear

6-19-2007 4:12 AM

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walter reed, ptsd, mental health, army, iraq

BartendingBear says:

One more indignity for the troops we all supposedly support.

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6-19-2007 8:52 AM

mushmaster25

There are allot of things that make them suffer,

but this is funny :

The Army has no PTSD center at Walter Reed, and its psychiatric treatment is weak compared with the best PTSD programs the government offers.

because of this : the best PTSD programs the government offers.

its as funny as a blind man driving an 18 wheeler...

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