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VA Staffer Discourages PTSD Diagnoses
The Department Of Veterans Affairs Condemns "Inappropriate" E-mail
SOURCE: Staff // CBSNews.com
16 May 2008 // 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.
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Official Urged Fewer Diagnoses of PTSD
SOURCE: Christopher Lee // The Washington Post
16 May 2008 // A psychologist who helps lead the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff members to refrain from diagnosing PTSD because so many veterans were seeking government disability payments for the condition.
Veterans Affairs staffer 'counseled' for no-stress-disorder e-mail
SOURCE: Richard Sisk // New York Daily News
16 May 2008 // Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake Thursday dressed down a staffer who advised blocking vets from receiving posttraumatic stress disorder treatment in order to save money.
"The employee has been counseled and is extremely apologetic," said Peake, a doctor and Silver Star veteran of the Vietnam War.
E-mail from VA worker says to avoid PTSD diagnosis
SOURCE: Kimberly Hefling // Associated Press
15 May 2008 // An internal e-mail written by a Veterans Affairs Department employee suggested avoiding a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans and instead considering a diagnosis that might result in a lower disability payment.
VA e-mail: Save money, do not diagnose PTSD
SOURCE: Kelly Kennedy // Army Times
15 May 2008 // Two veterans advocacy groups have asked for copies of all documents relating to the Veterans Affairs Department’s post-traumatic stress disorder policies after an e-mail surfaced asking VA doctors to keep costs down by giving diagnoses of adjustment disorder instead.
Senator Vitter — of the “Very Serious Sin” — Catches a Break
SOURCE: The Editorial Board // The New York Times Blog
15 May 2008 // As Congressman Vito Fossella, Republican of New York, faces demands he resign for the one-two punch of a DUI charge and revelations that he fathered a daughter from an extramarital affair, he can only envy the good luck of Senator David Vitter, his Republican colleague from Louisiana.
Bush’s ‘Buddies’ Miss Out On E-Mails From Their ‘Pal’ George Because He Fears ‘Record Requests’
SOURCE: Ben // Think Progress
15 May 2008 // Yesterday during an interview with Politico’s Mike Allen, President Bush said that the one thing he looks forward to after leaving the White House is getting back to the old days of e-mailing his “buddies” and his “pals”:
Editorial: The Free Way
SOURCE: Kevin Uhrich // Pasadena Weekly
15 May 2008 // Just when we thought no one was reading — or worse, that all of government was conspiring against not just us but also plain common sense — a group of federal lawmakers decided to try to put the brakes on county plans to initiate tolls on carpool lanes of area freeways.
Political Scandals and the Men Behind Them
New York Rep. Vito Fossella the latest to admit to extramarital affair.
SOURCE: Staff // ABC News NOW
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Rep. Fossella’s Court Hearing Put Off as He Ponders Next Move
SOURCE: Kathleen Hunter // Congressional Quarterly
13 May 2008 // An initial court appearance by Rep. Vito J. Fossella , R-N.Y., on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated was scrubbed Monday, as his Staten Island constituents waited to hear whether he plans to resign, retire or run again.
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