---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: [tips] RE: No one really knows the cost of war Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:26:38 -0500
>Michael: >Where did you get your information? I worked in a VA hospital, and >let me tell you, substance use was a significant problem for many >vets -- alcohol, marijuana, illegal substances, and medication were >all rampant problems. > >A small sample of references on prevalence of substance use among >Vietnam veterans (please excuse the non-APA style): > >Post-Vietnam heroin use and injection by returning US veterans: Clues > >to preventing injection today. Robins, Lee N.; Slobodyan, Sergey; >Addiction, Vol 98(8), Aug 2003. pp. 1053-1060. [Original Journal >Article] > >PTSD and Substance-Related Problems: The Mediating Roles of >Disconstraint and Negative Emotionality. Miller, Mark W.; Vogt, >Dawne S.; Mozley, Susannah L.; Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol >115(2), May 2006. pp. 369-379. [Original Journal Article] > >Causes of death among male veterans who received residential >treatment for PTSD. Drescher, Kent D.; Rosen, Craig S.; Burling, >Thomas A.; Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol 16(6), Dec 2003. pp. >535-543. [Original Journal Article] > >Predictors of rehospitalization of military veterans who abuse >substances. Benda, Brent B.; Social Work Research, Vol 25(4), Dec >2001. pp. 199-212. > >David W. > Lee Robbins made these comments in the Mind series on Addiction.Check it out. I suspect this Vietnam attribution is beginning to sound like the abuse excuse. Now we have the Nam excuse.Blame it on the Nam.I am still proud of all who served our country though. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
