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How Each of Us Can Help a Troubled War Vet
Mental Health

How Each of Us Can Help a Troubled War Vet

A new book says LISTENING helps troubled vets heal. Clinical training is unnecessary. Saying they have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is harmful. “A sustained emotional reaction to the horror of war is not a disorder,” Paula J. Caplan says. “What would be a healthy response to war?”