Bush's VA: Too many troops have PTSD, so stop diagnosing it

[gunit_sangh]

CREW and VoteVets.org released an e-mail obtained from a Veterans Affairs (VA) employee directing VA staff to refrain from diagnosing soldiers and veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

On March 20, 2008 a VA hospital’s PTSD program coordinator sent the e-mail below to a number of VA employees, including psychologists, social workers, and a psychiatrist stating that due to an increased number of “compensation seeking veterans,” the staff should “refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out” and they should “R/O [rule out] PTSD” and consider a diagnosis of “Adjustment Disorder” instead:

http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/31690

another fine example of the bush regime supporting our troops.

[Vermouth]

I hope it's illegal to tell medical professionals what diagnosis to make.

[gunit_sangh]

do you REALLY think that makes a difference to dear leader  all that matters to him is tax breaks for the have-mores and no-bid contracts for his supporters.

[gorknoids]

This surely explains the skyrocketing diagnoses of Autism.

[they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!]

This surely explains the skyrocketing diagnoses of Autism.

gunnit is autistic??  well that does explain much

[Peter1469]

So what makes us believe that the email came from Shrub?

[they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!]

So what makes us believe that the email came from Shrub?

if a bird shits on his gas consuming car, it's bush's fault and likely a conspiracy involving cheney, big oil, rove, halliburton, no bid contracts, black water, waterboarding etc etc etc.....

[gunit_sangh]

Exactly .. we have ways of finding these kinds of things out.

For instance, this is the bird that pooped on bush when he was giving a press conference.