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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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