The Good News about our combat wounded and the mental welfare of our gallant troops is in the news !
The most difficult combat health problem is finally being discussed and addressed. Psychological wounds have come a long way from the days of the ‘shell shocked’ soldier of WW I, the Gen. Patton “glove slap” of a shocked trooper in WW II, and the emotional damage to our Viet Nam shipmates. The stigma from seeking help is gone!
Mental health has finally reached the light of day in the news media. It is acceptable to discuss and even think about building metrics to improve diagnosis. Even more effective military mental health care is on the way !
The leadership of the Navy and Marine Corps are openly and intellectually discussing this most import aspect of our sailors and Marines wellness. The Naval Institute Proceedings is the professional journal of the sea services. This month an article in the Proceedings draws the attention of Flag and General Officers, and junior officers alike, to the challenge of mental health for those in Command. Good Show !!
USA TODAY in the March 7-9 2008 weekend addition published a super article by Gregg Zoroya reporting the awareness and progress of military medical thinking for all the public to see. GOOD SHOW! Great article, thank you USA TODAY. This press helps drive our national consciousness to capitalize on this awaking of mental health, sleep apnea and their relation to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Bottom Line
This BLOG seeks to call for our health care professionals to ask their best minds to identify the 18 to 20 bodily indicators that might be monitored to expand the diagnosis and prediction of sleep disorders and PTSD.
This BLOG is a call to our information systems & radio frequency engineers as well as to our device designers to design and build a wearable device to simplify the evaluation of our returning troops. Our young defenders deploying on their 2nd, 3rd, and even their 4th deployments to the danger zone deserve a non invasive mental wellness check !
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