Dartmouth psychiatrist publishes
groundbreaking PTSD study
Union Leaderr [Manchester, NH],
by
Shawne K. Wickham
Original Article
Posted By: NHChemist,
1/31/2021 3:45:11 PM
It really is all in our heads after all. Promising new gene research by a leading expert in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has revealed changes in the brains of those afflicted with the illness. The ongoing study gives hope for better understanding of, and treatment for, a disorder that affects an estimated 8 million Americans a year, according to Dr. Matthew Friedman, who is a professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Laotzu 1/31/2021 3:55:39 PM (No. 680375)
It's impossible to have a scientific study of PTSD, when VA Examiners are handing out PTSD diagnoses like candy, rather than risk physical harm due to denying fee money to some applicant.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
IowaDad 1/31/2021 4:34:28 PM (No. 680407)
I cannot find in this article any new fact discovered by the esteemed professor. But one question remains: do people have PTSD before they are exposed to trauma? And why is PTSD so common in people who are claiming a lifetime of disability pension?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
privateer 1/31/2021 4:38:12 PM (No. 680410)
Maybe I can get in on this. I never served in the Military, but I HAVE PTSD: Post Trump Sensing Doom.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
CactusStar 1/31/2021 4:38:53 PM (No. 680411)
#1 & 2, exactly what is your basis for those observations?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/31/2021 5:11:05 PM (No. 680433)
In WWI they called it “shell shock” - my uncle, who’d gone to France as a fresh, bright young man came back shattered - not in body, but in mind. He could never forget the night that all of his buddies were lying wounded in No Man’s Land, under a night-long barrage. Screaming as they died. He could do nothing to rescue them, to save them. By morning, they were all gone.
It took many years before he could tell that story to one of his brothers, who later told it to my Mother.
Only someone who has been in combat, in battle, under fire, can begin to understand PTSD. Others only distinguish themselves by their ignorant callousness.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/31/2021 5:13:50 PM (No. 680437)
Re #1 and #2, my uncle’s PTSD aka shell shock lasted for life. No disability pension for anyone to rant about. He just toughed it out. Quietly.
Have a nice day.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Ming 1/31/2021 5:39:40 PM (No. 680452)
I could have saved them time, money, and useless clamor in this study: Trump did it. Now have a nice day./s
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
CactusStar 1/31/2021 6:09:24 PM (No. 680477)
In all fairness to #1 & 2, I'm always amazed to see how many disabled veterans license plates I see in my state and how few Purple Heart plates. It is an open joke how many can get DV plates for PTSD if they fall into a certain group.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/31/2021 6:23:50 PM (No. 680487)
Gosh !!! You mean I really have a brain ??
I though my Doctor just made that part up !!!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
danu 1/31/2021 6:33:19 PM (No. 680502)
All those people in 9/11? Obviously malingering fakers....
How about the mothers and children locked in the cancer hospital by vicious rioters intent upon burning and smashing the entire building? They were gathered inside to celebrate a sick child's birthday. What a delight to pay witness to the conflagration and terror.
If an actual reading of the article doesn''t elucidate the new medical findings, perhaps the tax hikes- to pay the entertainment committee- will provide for a more personal traumatic experience of the brain alterations associated w/ PTSD.
/sarcasm off now/
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JL80863 1/31/2021 6:37:10 PM (No. 680506)
There are several comments posted here that are obviously from "experts" that have little or no military or combat experience. You are entitled to your opinion but you do not have my respect.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/31/2021 6:40:04 PM (No. 680508)
#5, I have a friend whose husband arrived with his company in Vietnam and 24 hours later he was the only one left alive. He has never been quite right since then and now, at age 74 and after having a stroke several years ago, he is almost completely incapacitated.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
JL80863 1/31/2021 6:43:05 PM (No. 680510)
I hit submit too quickly. If PTSD is such a bogus diagnosis, why are military and former military suicide numbers at record levels? Certainly not for the cushy disability benefits.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
volksford 1/31/2021 7:03:40 PM (No. 680520)
Until you have been a witness to screams of people dying and by Gods grace left to live another day shut to hell up.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Mushroom 1/31/2021 7:48:09 PM (No. 680571)
Not for nothing but PTSD isn't only earned in the military. Think of the battered and beaten children, the massive car accident..anything along those lines. I don't judge what crossed the line for someone, I'm just not that smart. I just know what it feels like.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Faithfully 1/31/2021 8:43:00 PM (No. 680624)
aka shell shocked, me too.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
dovestar 1/31/2021 9:53:28 PM (No. 680675)
I didn't read the article and I'm not a veteran. I just want to say that for any veteran or relative or friend of a veteran with emotional issues, please look into Camp Hope in Houston.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
linkay6 1/31/2021 10:02:18 PM (No. 680683)
My husband has PTSD from his service in Vietnam. He didn't search out the VA. In fact they contacted him to be in a study regarding Agent Orange. As he talked to a veterans coordinator, he discovered he had PTSD. He has developed other issues as well. He just came home from the hospital this very evening (less than 4 hours ago) after having a lobe removed in his lung from cancer. I am suspecting caused from Agent Orange. Yes he has disabled tags and is receiving disability payments. I dare someone to tell me he doesn't deserve them.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/31/2021 11:16:20 PM (No. 680710)
Some post really moronic and/or ugly Replies because they haven’t the foggiest idea what the author is talking about A kneejerk, driveby attitude that shows up all too often.
Ignorance can be fixed; stupid is forever.
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I didn't read anything groundbreaking. The moment someone says "PTSD" you think of veterans. Somethings can't be unseen,not felt, or unheard for millions of ordinary people who haven't found the magic treatment or pill.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
ramona 2/1/2021 7:30:56 AM (No. 680831)
Very interesting article. A great uncle of mine came back from WWI with white hair and a broken mind.
If I understand the article correctly, surviving a dangerous situation from which one cannot flee disrupts the protective "fight or flight" (normal) response. This causes changes (damage) to parts of the brain. If that is correct, it would leave a person unable to respond to stressful situations, Makes sense to me.
Eamina)the Pest)
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