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mental-health-today.com - 1/10/2009
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder DSM IV Criteria
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309.81 DSM-IV Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following have been present: (1) the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious ...
Purple Heart Is Ruled Out for Traumatic Stress
nytimes.com - 1/10/2009
Purple Heart Is Ruled Out for Traumatic Stress
— nytimes.com — The Purple Heart will be given for physical wounds only.... (more) Purple Heart Is Ruled Out for Traumatic Stress

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Purple Hearts And PTSD
Political Animal — ... s/he be eligible for a Purple Heart. I don't see any way to argue that when an enemy intends to kill a soldier and that soldier is not killed but wounded, the enemy has "intentionally" caused the soldier's harm, but that if that same soldier got PTSD, that would not count as a harm the enemy "intentionally" caused. The idea that PTSD is more "difficult to diagnose or quantify" than other things for which purple hearts are awarded is wrong as well. As Cohen points out, PTSD has clear criteria . I'm not sure what it means to "quantify" PTSD, but then I'm not sure what it means ...

Obsidian Wings — ... The idea that PTSD is more "difficult to diagnose or quantify" than other things for which purple hearts are awarded is wrong as well. As Cohen points out, PTSD has clear criteria. I'm not sure what it means to "quantify" PTSD, but then I'm not sure what it means to quantify serious back pain or recurring headaches either. ...

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Purple heart for PTSD?
mudvillegazette.com 1/6/2009 — Does not qualify according to the DoD: The Purple Heart will not be awarded to service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Pentagon confirmed Monday. “It’s not a qualifying Purple Heart wound,” said Defense Department ...
No Heart for PTSD Sufferers
democracyarsenal.org 1/10/2009 — There was a rather dispiriting item in the New York Times today about the Pentagon's decision not to award Purple Hearts to soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. According to the Pentagon, those affected by PTSD do not merit ...
Purple Heart won't be awarded for PTSD (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - The Pentagon on Thursday sought to assure troops that it takes post-traumatic stress seriously despite the recent decision not to award the Purple Heart to those with the disorder.
Troops won't get Purple Heart for stress disorder — CNN.com - Politics
The Purple Heart medal, awarded to service members who have been physically wounded in combat, will not be given for a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, a Pentagon statement said.