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Article: `Mental Anguish and the Military'; NPR and Daniel Zwerdling.(Special)
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- TelevisionWeek
- Article date:
- January 14, 2008
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Byline: Jarre Fees
Special to TelevisionWeek
In 2005 a mental health specialist at the Veterans Administration warned NPR's Daniel Zwerdling that the military was not adequately caring for returning Iraq War veterans, who were exhibiting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in record numbers. Mr. Zwerdling thought he would make a few calls.
"Dozens upon dozens'' of calls later, the six-part "Mental Anguish and the Military,'' Zwerdling and NPR's duPont Award-winning investigative series, revealed not just the serious mental health issues affecting a large number of Iraq War veterans (as many as 20% to 25%, by the military's own ...