Sun Feb 12th, 2006 at 09:39:46 AM EST
By D.E. Ford, M.S.W., Commander Jeff Huber, U.S. Navy (Retired), and I.L. Meagher
for ePluribus Media Site
Part 2- AGAINST OUR WILL: RATION & REDEFINE
This article is the second of three parts exploring the impact of politics on the funding, diagnosis and treatment of the combat damaged veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. This part 2 explores how institutional barriers prevent utilization despite the overwhelming public support for mandatory healthcare funding for our military and how a redefinition of medical disorders as "spiritual" may shift treatment for PTSD and substance abuse to faith based, non-medical providers.
The Rest Can Be Found: HERE
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