Army reviewing PTSD evaluation program

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Source: CNN

The Army is conducting "a wholesale re-examination" of soldiers whose post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis was reversed by the military hospital at Joint Base Lewis McCord, Army Sec. John McHugh said Wednesday at a Senate hearing.

The review comes after revelations that a significant number of diagnosis had been reversed. Statistics showed staff at Madigan Medical Center on JBLM had reversed the PTSD diagnoses of 40% of the troops they'd evaluated, according to Sen. Patty Murray, Washington-D, who raised the issue at a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Lewis-McChord is the home base of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier who is in custody for allegedly killing 16 Afghan civilians earlier this month.

There's no evidence that Bales had been diagnosed or treated for PTSD or that his case had been reversed, though his attorney suggested Tuesday that he would make PTSD an issue in the case.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/us/army-ptsd-evaluation-program/index.html

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1. About time. When they do that in order to furnish more cannon fodder to the generals they are

not only endangering the soldiers who need help but both the people where they are deployed to and here at home. There is a reason why there is a diagnosis. These soldiers need help.