N.J. Hospitals, Military and Veterans Affairs Join Broad Effort to Improve Returning Vets' ...(cluding challenges of reintegration mild...),Health

Date:11/6/2008

cluding challenges of reintegration, mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. These problems often are invisible in initial medical visits. One goal of the program is to encourage all healthcare professionals to routinely ask patients if they have served in the military overseas. That's especially important for personnel who have served through the National Guard, who often return home and seek care from a hometown physician.

The effort has been endorsed by General Colin L. Powell (Ret.).

Said Gen. Powell: "If you are a healthcare professional, a counselor, clergy, teacher, social worker, are in the human services professions or know someone who has served in the military overseas, Joining Forces will help you make a difference in the lives of those who have given us so much - our veterans."

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