How Will The Veterans Of The War In Iraq Get Proper Medical Treatment For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
How will our government assure that the veterans of this war will get proper medical attention for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (i.e Shell Shock)? Will the veterans of this war be ignored like far to many Vietnam Veterans did when they returned from their war?
What politician running for the 2008 election has an answer for that question?
15 Responses to “How Will The Veterans Of The War In Iraq Get Proper Medical Treatment For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?”
Dec 29th at 4:53 pm By: moon_flo
they’ll get the care they need until a year or 2 after the war…then the ones who sent them there will whine that they’re abusing the system like welfare mothers and take all the benefits away
Dec 29th at 7:39 pm By: JAMES W
good Question its hard to say, but i can tell you that non of politician running for the 2008 election have plan for it….
Dec 29th at 7:50 pm By: Silent Kninja
They’ll probably have to sneak into another country to get the treatment, like in the awesome Michael Moore movie, Sicko. 9/11 workers were referred to as heroes by politicians then as well, but when they were sick as a result of their heroics, politicians were nowhere to be found.
This is what I don’t get about people who still support Bush-Cheney and their death-profiteering cartel: they will stab ANYONE in the back if it will make a buck for them. They would do it to you no matter how much you support them. So, how can you support them?
Dec 30th at 12:26 am By: MikeGolf
The same way I did.
I walked into the local VA medical center and made an appointment.
And after seeing several psychologists – civilian, military and VA – I feel that the ones at the Veteran’s Outreach Centers do the best job in treating PTSD.
BTW – do you really care about this – or are we nothing more than a prop for your political agenda?
Dec 30th at 1:57 am By: Kevy
by living on the street. CUT FUNDING TO THE VETs…..the BUSH way
Dec 30th at 2:57 am By: Cracker Jack 4
Through the US Military Hospitals and through the
Veterans Administration Medical Centers and they
do have some mighty fine doctors that care.
Dec 30th at 8:48 am By: LAVADOG
I think taxes will eventually go up, not only do we have PTSD to worry about, but lets not forget the thousands of injured who will require medical help for the rest of their lives
Dec 30th at 11:02 am By: joyce s
us the citizens they fought for need to make sure they get the treatment as Viet Nam and Korean war vets should, we need to contact our senators/congressman/woman and make sure they vote for and write bills toassure our vets are taken care of
Dec 30th at 1:30 pm By: yee_haw3
none of the politicians, they only care about how much money they can raise for themselves, they lie and cheat their way to get what they want, politicians say what people want to hear to get elected. After all they are professional criminals riding the line of right and wrong, and they have no ethics.
Dec 30th at 3:27 pm By: CHARITY G
Oddly enough, this same issue was addressed in the war funding bill the President vetoed. I think most people are more aware of what happened to our soldier’s post Vietnam and are willing to be more vigilant. I think this a societal issue . . .
Dec 30th at 3:57 pm By: macdoodl
many from Vietnam still not helped on ptsd and psyche fighting fro it..
and I’m a NSC disabled vet 70’s cant get much of the advertised help!
the VA hospitals have no capacity fro regular quality care and almost none for psyche.
most troops will be coming back with ptsd or other disability
San Fran has 11 psyche beds..
if you don’t require in patient physical rehab your likely not getting much help or care
how many psyche beds does your local VA have. how many can they give care to.
are there on site homeless and psyche care or is it all shoved to off site? outta site -outta mind..
are there social workers at VA hospitals to deal with all issues? where the specialists and services are or are they going to run vets all over the cities fro care so they don t / or can’t afford to come back?
do the math.
they will be doing the drug em and shove em program.
when i was in west la there was a 2 year wait for ptsd care its claimed some complained and lost the ptsd diagnoses.
fixed that problem.
unless everyone gets involved and demands it changes now.
it will be even worse.
many aren’t coming home to extended families and calm farm towns and peace.
many are coming home to yet another war and with the way things are they wont make it.
ask me homeless 7+ years/ because unpopular disabilities and no substance abuse.
no one politician is answering.
watch out fro some vets who have never looked at the issues or needed the care..
go to veteransforamerica.org
and iava.org
and many more who are fighting fro veterans health and rights. daily.
politicians
I’ve asked them all
still waiting fro help on many issues.
Dec 30th at 4:35 pm By: katydid
My vote is going for the candidate who knows that 1/3 of the soldiers coming home are being diagnosed with PTSD and they must have access to treatment.. This is a HUGE % and if this problem isn’t addressed, there will be far-reaching consequences.
Dec 30th at 5:48 pm By: glizzy
I think they are doing a pretty good job. The Veteran’s hospital sends me flyers monthly on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder sessions to attend.
Dec 30th at 7:09 pm By: Sweetpea
Since the VA has received the largest increase in funding in decades, they will get their care through VA as every other soldier has done. No politician will touch this issue.
USAF Veteran
Dec 30th at 8:34 pm By: usnjedi2
Good luck on getting a politician to give you a solid answer to a very real question during an election campaign.
The fact is the VA just decided in January to suspend enrollment into their medical programs of all vets that were not in combat or disabled.
Regardless of the fact that I left the military in March after serving almost 8 years and was in the first stages of the war in Iraq and have service connected medical issues the VA said oh well sorry for your luck.
PTSD is one of those things that the government does not really believe in even though they are starting to see it is real. Your best bet is to go to your behavioral health care department and tell them you want a psych eval and you want it documented. Good luck with that as they all know why and think that most vets are doing it just to get a paycheck. They do not realize how hard it is to adjust to “normal life” after being a part of a war and seeing some of the things that happen over there. All most vets with PTSD want is help adjusting back to normal life so they can move on and leave the horrors of war behind.
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