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VA Psychiatrist Says New PTSD Approach at VA Not Working

It's one thing for a blogger or activist on the outside looking in to sharply criticize the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense. It's quite another when an insider levies the same charge.

Scott Mendelson, M.D., Ph.D., is a consult liaison psychiatrist at the Roseburg VA Medical Center in Roseburg, Oregon.

On Huffington Post, he offers a candid but troubling take on the new mental health care approaches at the VA and DoD for active duty and veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological wounds:

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