Study: Vietnam War Veterans Continue To Suffer From PTSD

On the CBS Evening News (7/22, story 5, 2:00, Rose), Charlie Rose reported that according to a new study, “more than a quarter million veterans still suffer from” post-traumatic stress disorder 40 years after the Vietnam War.

Reuters (7/22, Rapaport) reports that the study was published online July 22 in JAMA Psychiatry. An accompanying editorial emphasized the life-long impact PTSD can have.

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— “Many Vietnam veterans have PTSD 40 years after war’s end,” Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, July 22, 2015.

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