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2009-11-21 Science & Technology

Marines Use Brain Scans to Spot PTSD Before the War

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-11-21 15:57|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#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|| 2009-11-21 18:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-11-21 19:26|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-11-21 19:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-11-21 22:31|| Front Page Top

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