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America’s Combat Stress Crisis, 41 minutes, 2008 (Ref: 683) |
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We have an exclusive
and deeply disturbing report from Afghanistan about
the massive amount of post-traumatic stress disorder
among troops and the US military's efforts to deal
with this rapidly growing problem. Nearly half the
US soldiers who serve in Iraq and Afghanistan will
suffer some form of post-traumatic stress, according
to the US military. Since the war on terror began
60,000 US troops have received an initial diagnosis
of PTSD, and the US is waking up to the fact that
the level of the illness amongst returning veterans
is becoming a social ill. Two hundred murders have
been committed by US veterans - and most victims are
their own family members. We have been given
exclusive access to the taskforces now on the
frontline trying to prevent post-traumatic stress
disorder. They have been trying to find new ways to
deal with those soldiers diagnosed with PTSD. |
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