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Science 18 August 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5789, pp. 923 - 924
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132242

Perspectives

PSYCHOLOGY:
Psychiatric Casualties of War

Richard J. McNally

The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans has been a controversial medical and political issue. A new analysis provides better data and more robust conclusions.


The author is in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. E-mail: rjm{at} wjh.harvard.edu

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