Friday, December 17, 2004
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Cori Dauber hammers on some terrible, horrible, no good, very bad reporting from the New York Times.
For what it's worth, of the 130 or so Iraq veterans I came home with in March about 9 of them self-reported minor or severe depression or requested referral to mental health professionals when next screened at the first drill after terminal leave expired, which happened to be in July.
Of those nine, a certain number carried forward some problems and stressors from prior to the war. At least two that I know of were on anti-depressant or anti-anxiety meds at some point before the war. So while PTSD symptoms can be aggravated by a less than ideal home life, I can only firmly attribute the depression/anxiety to the war for perhaps four or five of those nine, at best.
Others may be having problems they reported through other channels, or didn't report at all. But all studies have to deal with selection bias.
In any case, the media seem to be wayyyy WAYYYYYYY overreporting the mental health story.
What I can't figure out is: these knuckleheads will harp on soldiers being a bunch of fragile, fainting pantiwaists as soon as we get home, haunted by PTSD and debilitated by memories.
Because we're just that easily shattered.
But these same idiots will still argue that post-abortion syndrome is a myth.
Righhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht.
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I simply cannot figure out how they get to that one million figure. This shows all the signs of a reporter who was handed a press release and didn't stop to check the figures -- or to think them through.
How can this make sense? The most we've had in Iraq at any one time is 150,000. Many, as we know, have served more than once. We've only been in Iraq since March of 2003, which is less than than two years, and there's only been one massive and complete turn over. (Afghanistan, where troop levels have held below 20,000, can't possibly make up the difference.)
More to the point, which Army study? done when? by which organization, institute, published where? How can a major media outlet get away with this kind of shoddy citation (something a blogger would get hammered for.)
For what it's worth, of the 130 or so Iraq veterans I came home with in March about 9 of them self-reported minor or severe depression or requested referral to mental health professionals when next screened at the first drill after terminal leave expired, which happened to be in July.
Of those nine, a certain number carried forward some problems and stressors from prior to the war. At least two that I know of were on anti-depressant or anti-anxiety meds at some point before the war. So while PTSD symptoms can be aggravated by a less than ideal home life, I can only firmly attribute the depression/anxiety to the war for perhaps four or five of those nine, at best.
Others may be having problems they reported through other channels, or didn't report at all. But all studies have to deal with selection bias.
In any case, the media seem to be wayyyy WAYYYYYYY overreporting the mental health story.
What I can't figure out is: these knuckleheads will harp on soldiers being a bunch of fragile, fainting pantiwaists as soon as we get home, haunted by PTSD and debilitated by memories.
Because we're just that easily shattered.
But these same idiots will still argue that post-abortion syndrome is a myth.
Righhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht.
The truth is somewhere in between.
Splash, out
Jason
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Jason, thank you for drawing attention to this double standard. My father saw hard (Silver Star) combat in the Korean War and I know that he has struggled with what he did, what he saw, and what was done to him. I'm very glad there is more recognition and help now for combat veterans who are experiencing this type of emotional struggle. It can be profound, painful and debilitating.
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