TY - JOUR
T1 - US Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Policies for posttraumatic stress disorder
T2 - Administrative trends and implications for treatment, rehabilitation, and research
AU - Christopher Frueh, B.
AU - Grubaugh, Anouk L.
AU - Elhai, Jon D.
AU - Buckley, Todd C.
PY - 2007/1/12
Y1 - 2007/1/12
N2 - An accumulating body of empirical data suggests that current Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) psychiatric disability and rehabilitation policies for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are problematic. In combination, recent administrative trends and data from epidemiological and clinical studies suggest theses policies are countertherapeutic and hinder research efforts to advance our knowledge regarding PTSD. Current VA disability policies require fundamental reform to bring them into line with modern science and medicine, including current empirically supported concepts of resilience and psychiatric rehabilitation.
AB - An accumulating body of empirical data suggests that current Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) psychiatric disability and rehabilitation policies for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are problematic. In combination, recent administrative trends and data from epidemiological and clinical studies suggest theses policies are countertherapeutic and hinder research efforts to advance our knowledge regarding PTSD. Current VA disability policies require fundamental reform to bring them into line with modern science and medicine, including current empirically supported concepts of resilience and psychiatric rehabilitation.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2007.115436
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2007.115436
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17971542
AN - SCOPUS:38449103169
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 97
SP - 2143
EP - 2145
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 12
ER -