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Lynne Lamberg

JAMA. 2004;292:1539-1540.

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In Iraq, "I couldn’t tell the difference between my nightmares and what I experienced every day," a US soldier told his psychiatrist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Washington, DC. "Now that I am home," the soldier said, "the difference is clear."

Soldiers serving in combat zones may sustain psychological wounds as well as physical ones. Photo credit: United States Army

US soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan who seek help for combat stress can receive brief treatment in the field, according to Theodore Nam, MD, chief of inpatient psychiatry at WRAMC. Treatment, provided with the expectation that soldiers soon will return to their units, includes a few days of regular meals and sleep, counseling, and possibly medication for mild to moderate mood and anxiety disorders. The "PIES" principle—proximity, immediacy, expectancy, simplicity—"aims to conserve the fighting force," Nam said, "without overdiagnosing those who are physically and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

WOUNDED BODIES AND MINDS

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