Government analysis finds Veterans with PTSD can suffer for decades before acknowledging the disorder.\u00a0The year 2014 marks the 100th-year anniversary of the beginning of World War I, the so-called war to end all wars. And in a bit of irony, a study was released on August 8 that has found that, like the consequences of the \u201cGreat War,\u201d the after-effects of combat stress among veterans, just like the after-effects of old wars upon conflicts years later, seems to linger for decades.\u00a0The study, which was commissioned by the Department of Veterans Affairs, tracked veterans from as far back as the Vietnam War and found that, as old as that conflict is, veterans who served in it and experienced war-related traumas, specifically post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have, at best, only minimally recovered. In many cases, Vietnam vets with PTSD have died, often before retirement age. (1)<\/p>\n
What makes the study particularly comprehensive is (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Government analysis finds Veterans with PTSD can suffer for decades before acknowledging the disorder.\u00a0The year 2014 marks the 100th-year anniversary of the beginning of World War I, the so-called war to end all wars. And in a bit of irony,…<\/span><\/p>\n