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1 Introduction
Pages 7-12

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... . More than 17% of the US Army soldiers and marines returning from deployment to Iraq screened positively for a mental health problem more than 3 months after their return, and 12% of the returning troops screened positively for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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... CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that can develop after the direct, personal experiencing or witnessing of a traumatic event, often lifethreatening. The essential characteristic of PTSD is a cluster of symptoms that include: · Re-experiencing -- intrusive recollections of a traumatic event, often through flashbacks or nightmares, · Avoidance or numbing -- efforts to avoid anything associated with the trauma and numbing of emotions, · Hyperarousal -- often manifested by difficulty in sleeping and concentrating and by irritability (APA 2000)
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... Given VA's request for the report to be completed within 6 months, the committee elected to rely primarily on reviews and other welldocumented sources. The committee began its task by reviewing the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for PTSD because they are well-accepted and used by VA's compensation and pension program, as required by the Code of Federal Regulations (38 CFR 4.130)
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... Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. Black DW, Carney CP, Peloso PM, Woolson RF, Schwartz DA, Voelker MD, Barrett DH, Doebbeling BN.
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... 2006. Mental health problems, use of mental health services, and attrition from military service after returning from deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan.
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