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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 10:25 AM Original message |
Some troops headed back to Iraq are mentally ill |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know why this comes as a shock to me. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. They are damaged goods that when they return home again |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. 10 point vets get plum postal jobs. I'm foreseeing a rise in going |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Many have a criminal disposition already. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. This country has lost it's soul. nt |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. "anti-anxiety medications" |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. from the article: |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. from well-documented evidence: |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. For PTSD, it's usually Ativan - yes, a relative of Valium. |
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Iniquitous Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Exactly. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. 55,000 Iraqi vets are admitted to being brain damaged by IED's, how many |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Even if you had a concussion many years ago? |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. what i have read indicates it is cumulative, here are some LINKS> |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. very interesting studies |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. If these guys have serious PTSD and they're sending them back in... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I know what you mean and I'm probably in the same boat. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 07:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Good luck to you |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. I do believe these troops are suffering more than those who |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. they were bragging about front line psych care for vets |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. My friend's ex is dead b/c he was fearful of redeployment |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. ... |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. I guess the consolation |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. He wouldn't have been either free OR alive |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I'm sure he is only one of many |
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shochet (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Your friend's ex is a fatality that won't be counted in the numbers. |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. My friend is still havng problems |
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vickitulsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. A bitter harvest to be reaped for many years to come |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. I work with a gentleman recently back from Iraq |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. I wonder how much fragging is happening that we don't hear about. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Death not caused by hostile action |
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JohnnyLib (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. medicated troops |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. Candidate for this month's "You Call This NEWS?" award |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. I know someone called up with serious mental health problems |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-19-06 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. it hard for them to collect disability claims once they get out of Iraq |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. Where's the site with the accounts of the amputees and other disabled vets |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
30. Not Surprising--Look at the Commander-in-Chief |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. I am concerned about PTSD and reenlistment. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Patton would love it... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-20-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. oh, this is sick! |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
40. Not as mentally ill as the people sending them back! (nt) |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. They won't be treated when they come home either |
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