I don't come into contact with our returning troops, but this sounds far fetched. I believe our men and women are well prepared for what they are doing, and are not unstable enough to experience these types of disorders on a large scale, after returning home.
What's your take?
Of course the source is more than a bit suspect.
I just posted this one to show how crappy Chinese media are
PTSD or some sort of mental disorders are very natural for returning troops!
That is nothing new!
"The problems include anxiety, depression, nightmares, anger and an inability to concentrate, according to Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley and other military medical officials.
Frankly, I would think these would be normal, rational, decompressing reactions from folks who've fought to defend our nation, only to see our nation (IE - the media and the cRATS) demeaning them and their service!
This is highly suspect to me. Out of all the men in my husband's company, I don't know any who came home from either of the company's two deployments to Iraq maladjusted. And my husband has never mentioned any of his soldiers needing psychiatric treatment following deployment.
I suspect that the psychological surveys being used to diagnose these "disorders" are being interpreted very liberally.
I do, and it is.