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May 2008, Vol 98, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 775
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.133751

LETTER

VA DISABILITY POLICIES AND POSTTRAUMATIC MORBIDITY

Gerald M. Rosen, PhD and Robert L. Spitzer, MD

Gerald M. Rosen is with the University of Washington, Seattle. Robert L. Spitzer is with Columbia University, New York, NY.

Correspondence: Correspondence should be addressed to Gerald M. Rosen, 117 East Louisa St, PMB-229, Seattle, WA 98102 (e-mail: grosen@u.washington.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

Frueh et al. raise important concerns regarding possible iatrogenic consequences of current Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).1 Although space constraints likely limited their focus, it would have been desirable for Frueh et al. to have taken their arguments further. They could have pointed out, for example, that the validity of the PTSD diagnosis remains an open question, with concerns of possible iatrogenic effects flowing from the construct itself.2,3 It also could have been stated more strongly that there should not be anything controversial in the observation that VA policies likely interact with disability convictions . . . [Full Text]






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