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General News 5/16/2008 at 12:40 AM EDT

EMAIL: VA staff to "refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out

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On March 20, 2008 a VA hospital's PTSD program coordinator sent the e-mail below to a number of VA employees, including psychologists, social workers, and a psychiatrist stating that due to an increased number of "compensation seeking veterans," the staff should "refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out" and they should "R/O [rule out] PTSD" and consider a diagnosis of "Adjustment Disorder" instead...

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