The big concern over this entire article is that Post
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is possibly going undiagnosed or in other
words not noticed. Doctors are even
being investigated as to whether they are properly diagnosing military
patients. Military people would not want to be known to have this disorder let
alone be diagnosed with it because they wouldn’t want it to jeopardize their
position in the military. But then again
being diagnosed could also give military benefits so this is something that
needs to be left to the doctors to determine the patients’ health. The main goals right now are coming up with
different teams of new protocols and tools in order to diagnose PTSD. Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder
experience a lot of trauma as their main symptom. The word they use for the main symptoms of
PTSD is certain bio-markers such as anxiety, high blood pressure, and a change
in hormone levels. People with PTSD can
also come across as very hostile. So
basically we must remember how much are military can be suffering from PTSD and
it will cost millions of dollars to have the right equipment to diagnose
people. So are we willing to use all
that money in order to help out the military people? I think we should the military goes through
so much in this country for us that I think any precaution should be taken in
order to help them get through their trauma.
But there are new treatments being discovered and new techniques in
order to help out PTSD victims which is very important to us.
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/an-effort-aims-to-use-biomarkers-to-pinpoint-p-t-s-d/?src=me&ref=world
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