May 16 2008
VA Staffer Discourages PTSD Diagnoses
A Department of Veterans Affairs team leader in Texas suggested mental health professionals should diagnose patients with “adjustment disorder” rather than post traumatic stress disorder in order to save time and money treating veterans, according to an internal VA e-mail.
VA Secretary James Peake immediately called the e-mail “inappropriate” and a violation of VA policy.
And yet another shining example of how well our boys get treated for putting their lives on the line for our country. Stop loss deployments, sewage ridden barracks, sub-par pay, and now we won’t even treat them for issues resulting from their experience.
Senator Burr sits on the Veteran Affairs Committee and has joined the Democrats in calling for an investigation into this. Whoever this was needs to be fired and maybe even prosecuted.