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> We just don't have many institutions left in the us to care for people after trauma

Did we ever? I don't recall my grandfather getting much help (with what we would now call PTSD) from the community or otherwise.



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As I understand it, likelihood of trauma (PTSD) rises sharply with time spent in actual combat. During WWII, even places like Battle of the Bulge, infantry were on the front lines a few weeks. That amount has gone up steadily with Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and so forth.

He was OSS and airborne. Saw several different theaters.

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