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"Proportionately, there are no more soldiers returning from Iraq with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder than there were from other wars, but Principi said the psychological harm to young people living daily with land mines, insurgent attacks and car bombings must not be discounted. He said mental illness in new veterans is as significant a detriment to their health as open heart surgery, but "doesn't get the attention it needs."

What good is it to 'make it out alive' if the quality of life you come home to is undermined by dysfunctional personal relationships?

What good is it to come home to emptiness and despair.

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