MASSACHUSETTS MAY REQUIRE MENTAL SCREENINGS FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS
Mon Aug 15 2005 20:40:50 ET
Massachusetts officials are considering mandatory mental health
screenings
for National Guardsmen returning from Iraq, the BOSTON GLOBE is reporting on Tuesday.
Mandatory mental-health screening nationwide currently applies only to full-service soldiers and usually involves only answering a questionnaire.
The key concern is post-traumatic stress disorder, which occurs following the witnessing of a life-threatening experience such as military combat. Symptoms include nightmares, flashbacks, depression and estrangement.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, as the condition is commonly known, is one of the theories being weighed in the case of Daniel Cotnoir, the 33-year-old Marine sergeant charged with attempted murder in Lawrence for firing a shotgun into a crowd of raucous partiers outside his home early Saturday.
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