The VA Medical Center in Durham, NC, is woefully unprepared to meet the demand of veterans with PTSD, largely (I think) because of cuts in their budget, which have also decreased the medical services they provide to eligible vets in general. We end up trying to treat them, or at least provide psychiatric and case management services, at our public mental health clinic, because of the long waiting lists at the VA. As well, the VA is showing real reluctance to diagnose PTSD in many cases where there really is no question about the diagnosis. We do not have combat veterans on our staff to run the effective support groups that are an important part of treatment, so many Vets are very reluctant to participate in non-VA treatment.

Having said that, I also don't find the report from LinkTV to be very plausible.

Janie