The Army and PTSD: Keeping Soldiers' Best Interests At Heart, Unless It Costs Money, In Which Case We Don't Want To Tell You About It

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/28/17106411-army-withholding-fin... http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2017443047_madiganfolo07m.html http://www.kuow.org/post/army-keeps-lid-madigan-ptsd-investigation#.URrk... denied foia requests fr several media http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/01/31/madigan-hospital-psychiatric-tea... http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/11/15/2369271/madigan-review-finds-15... after review madigan results lots more diagnoses http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2012/08/02/army-changes-ptsd-evaluations-... http://alert.psychiatricnews.org/2012/02/army-in-midst-of-ptsd-diagnosis... http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2017573333_madigan23.html http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/03/16309351-the-enemy-within-sol... he results of a months-long investigation into the reversal of post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses at Madigan Army Medical Center are being kept confidential. Earlier this month, Army Secretary John McHugh told reporters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state that the Madigan findings would not be disclosed. Days later, the Army denied Freedom of Information Act requests for documents related to the controversy made by three Seattle-area news organizations. a lecture to colleagues, a Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatrist said a soldier who retires with a post-traumatic-stress-disorder diagnosis could eventually receive $1.5 million in government payments, according to a memo by an Army Medical Command ombudsman who attended the September presentation. The psychiatrist went on to claim the rate of such diagnoses eventually could cause the Army and Department of Veterans Affairs to go broke. accuse malingering, enefits treatment denied sometimes after as little as 10 min interview, soldiers already stressed out who feel their honor at stake, would rather be nin comabt "He (the psychiatrist) stated that we have to be good stewards of the tax payers...

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