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Jul 19 2007 12:00 AM
Female Veterans Fight PTSD, MST
Sara Cardine of The (Stockton, Calif.) Record reports on a PTSD treatment group for female veterans.
Cardine writes:
... The program helps women deal with multiple sources of trauma. It's not uncommon for veterans to be living with PTSD and military sexual trauma, according to Dr. Darrah Westrup, a clinical psychologist and director of the Women's Mental Health Center.
A total of 3,796 women who left the military since Sept. 11, 2001, and sought VA care were thought to have PTSD, and an additional 500 sought mental services for chemical dependency, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Among all female veterans using VA services, about one in five screened positive for military sexual trauma, roughly 20 times the rate of male veterans.
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The after effects of war are never nice and the memories and images become a constant companion.
How do I find out about this program. I'm enrolled in a program here at the Martinsburg, West Virginia Hospital. They have a females group here, but I'm not sure that it is helping me.
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