Advocates blame stigma, lack of access
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Apr 14, 2008 6:08:51 EDT
Post-traumatic stress disorder experts say service members aren’t seeking care, aren’t getting enough time to recover between deployments and aren’t receiving medications or therapies that are known to be effective.
"Problems related to getting troops adequate mental health treatment cannot be resolved unless two issues — stigma and access — are addressed," Todd Bowers, director of government affairs for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told the House Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee on health on April 1.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/army_ptsd_041208w/
