tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post8608678196521690174..comments2024-03-19T03:18:54.509-06:00Comments on Hot Chicks Dig Smart Men: Military's Rate of PTSD Increasing - How ShockingJaniecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223994862015217811noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-1156726805263859742008-05-30T21:40:00.000-06:002008-05-30T21:40:00.000-06:00Not that I would suggest doing it.I would.<EM>Not that I would suggest doing it.</EM><BR/><BR/><EM>I</EM> would.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-32266798623204745892008-05-30T20:52:00.000-06:002008-05-30T20:52:00.000-06:00Carol Elaine, also heard that on NPR. Reminds me o...Carol Elaine, also heard that on NPR. Reminds me of another side story about how in 97 Project Willing Receiver stopped early and recommended to the Pentagon to install monitoring devices that recognized hacker attacks on their networks. After three months the IT pros were polled and they felt these devices were faulty because they kept going off all the time, and that the Pentagon networks had never been under attack before they installed the monitoring devices. It was obviously the monitors' fault.<BR/><BR/>PTSD is becoming to prevalent? Well, it must be because we're diagnosing it too often. After all, <I>there is no problem.</I> How can we continue to believe there is no problem when these people keep diagnosing PTSD? Surely it's the fault of those making the diagnosis. <BR/><BR/>Say, anybody remember what fragging is and why it was done? Not that I would suggest doing it.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-81676299333445829102008-05-28T10:57:00.000-06:002008-05-28T10:57:00.000-06:00Carol Elaine, I heard that on NPR. I'm afraid the ...Carol Elaine, I heard that on NPR. <BR/><BR/>I'm afraid the "Treatment of Military Service-Members Shame-Wagon" is full, full, full. <BR/><BR/>Sigh.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-58613736731533931082008-05-28T10:52:00.000-06:002008-05-28T10:52:00.000-06:00It seems somehow wrong that the HIPAA requirements...It seems somehow wrong that the HIPAA requirements that ensure privacy of medical records do not apply to military personnel.<BR/><BR/>I can see the benefit of requiring personnel to pass the equivalent of a flight physical every year - and those results provided - but the detaila about daily mental and physical health treatment should be available to no one but the patient and their care provider.<BR/><BR/>And oooh, Carol Elaine, that article you mentioned <I>does</I> make it worse... that's malpractice and health care rationing right there!Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473415569376925543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-3873889022995386982008-05-28T10:26:00.000-06:002008-05-28T10:26:00.000-06:00Yea for those wonderful volunteers, because our so...Yea for those wonderful volunteers, because our soldiers are definitely going to need them. Especially in light of a recent discovery that some VA Administrators are <A HREF="http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/31646" REL="nofollow">recommending that PSTD be underdiagnosed</A> (actual VA email <A HREF="http://www.citizensforethics.org/files/VA%20E-Mail.pdf" REL="nofollow">here</A> - in PDF format).<BR/><BR/>I'd read about this when I went to <A HREF="http://www.arlingtonwestsantamonica.org/" REL="nofollow">Arlington West</A> on Monday - it was on a board of recent news. I'm sorry if I've gotten anyone angrier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-50435396361279465952008-05-28T09:51:00.000-06:002008-05-28T09:51:00.000-06:00Jim, I hear what you're saying, and it chaps my as...Jim, I hear what you're saying, and it chaps my ass, too. <BR/><BR/>The rank hypocrisy is <EM>shameful.</EM><BR/><BR/>I'm just trying to get my blood pressure down after yesterday's story...Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-27399335690911282462008-05-28T09:28:00.000-06:002008-05-28T09:28:00.000-06:00I agree, Janiece, that those doctors who volunteer...I agree, Janiece, that those doctors who volunteer their time are doing a great thing - but I wonder about how effective this pro bono mental health will be. Also, it's not available or uniform across the board - i.e. some places will have volunteers, but many won't. Some volunteers will understand the needs of combat vets, and some won't - no matter their intentions. <BR/><BR/>What chaps my ass here is that just like Gulf War Syndrome, the Pentagon, Congress, President, and etc and et al will shuffle their feet and make bleating noises on Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, the 4th July and etc - but do <I>nothing</I> effective to help. If you live near a volunteer mental health professional, great - if you don't, fuck you. <BR/><BR/>What really chaps my ass is the hypocrisy: They'll talk about taking care of people, but when it comes to maintaining the barracks in livable condition, or maintaining the hospitals, or actually funding the VA, or the GI Bill, or etc - well... Yeah, turns out people aren't nearly as important as fully funding their buddies in the defense industry and their own little pork barrel projects. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I doubt it will ever change and frankly I wish they'd just shut the fuck up about taking care of vets, because they don't and they have no intention of doing so.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-58825477854720029602008-05-28T09:15:00.000-06:002008-05-28T09:15:00.000-06:00I'm sorry, Jim. But there's hope! Even if the hi...I'm sorry, Jim. <BR/><BR/>But there's hope! Even if the higher-ups are screwing the pooch on this, at least the civilian mental health folks are willing to step up and do the right thing!Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-39428878863193391582008-05-28T09:05:00.000-06:002008-05-28T09:05:00.000-06:00If you seek treatment for PTSD while on active dut...If you seek treatment for PTSD while on active duty - you get discharged for mental health issues. If you don't - you get sent back into the meat grinder, which just keeps making it worse. It's a catch-22 for a lot of folks.<BR/><BR/>This is symptomatic of the entrenched Pentagon mindset and not exclusive to this administration. The bean counters are afraid that if they acknowledge PTSD as a real problem that 1) it'll cost them money that they'd rather use on shiny new crap, 2) they'll lose personnel in significant numbers. It's the same old shit, they talk about taking care of people, and they do everything but. People are the least important asset, what matters to Generals and Admirals is hardware and golf courses and billion dollar weapons programs.<BR/><BR/>Ahhhh, thanks for pissing me off, first thing in the morning, Janiece. Thanks, a lot.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.com