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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Thomas Insel, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, told psychiatrists meeting in
Washington this week that “itʼs quite possible that the suicides and psychiatric mortality of [the war in
Iraq and Afghanistan] could trump the combat deaths.”
This echoes the Rand Corporation study last month that found that one in five women and men
returning from this war experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and only half seek treatment.
Of those who do seek treatment, only half receive adequate care.
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Major Michael Stover USMC
Wing Support Squadron 371
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Major Michael D. Stover is one of two soldiers from Arizona to
commit suicide while serving in Iraq. Stover was originally from
Ohio, but made Arizona his home on and off throughout his
twenty-six year career as a marine. In 2006, Stover was on his
second deployment to Iraq, facing personal and professional
anguish when he took his own life in Al Anbar province. Aaron
talks to his brother, Al Stover, who also served in the military
and is now piecing together the story of what drove his brother
to commit suicide.
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Matthew Friedman directs the Department of Veterans Affairsʼ National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
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Matthew J.Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
VAʼs National Center for PTSD
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