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| Marines Use Brain Scans to Spot PTSD Before the War |
| 2009-11-21 |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #4 Fear? No. Once the Marines return from deployment, they get measured/scanned again. Part of it is medical research, part of it is to establish a baseline so that if a Marine does exhibit PTSD, there is have something to work off of. Right now a PTSD claim can be made without much verification aside from some psychological tests. There's a smaller program that's being done by the Army that essentially measures the soldier/marine/sailor's cognitive skills. Upon their return, they get tested again - especially if they had head wounds. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-11-21 22:31 |
| #3 I've got PPTSD due to health care. Where do I go to get my money? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-11-21 19:27 |
| #2 OKAY, how's that pre-PTSD thing going? That be a fear of imagined fear of things to come. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2009-11-21 19:26 |
| #1 Misleading title. What's being established is a baseline. The first link in the Wired article is a much better source of information. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-11-21 18:40 |