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Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2008;299(16):1885-1886.

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Savannah, Ga—Scientists from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the armed forces are assessing various strategies to boost screening and care for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in primary care settings, according to presentations at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America in March.

Patients with posttraumatic stress are testing a Web-based program to ease their symptoms. Credit: Walter Reed Army Medical Center

The prevalence of PTSD among soldiers returning from active duty is estimated to range from 6.2% to 24.5% (Milliken CS et al. JAMA. 2007;298[18]:2141-2148). Despite PTSD's prevalence and its association with substantial reductions in a person's functioning and quality of life, high rates of psychiatric comorbidity, and frequent use of medical services, as many as half of those with this disorder go undiagnosed and untreated, explained Kristie L. Gore, PhD, associate director of research at the Department of . . . [Full Text of this Article]