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The VA's Prescription for Disaster

  • Writer: Glen Sturtevant
    Glen Sturtevant
  • Aug 11
  • 1 min read
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The Wall Street Journal just confirmed what many veterans already knew: the VA's answer to PTSD isn't treatment—it's sedation. Three out of five veterans with PTSD are prescribed multiple psychiatric medications simultaneously. The VA calls it treatment. Veterans call it the "combat cocktail." These aren't careful, evidence-based prescribing decisions. This is assembly-line psychiatry: veteran complains, add another pill. Still struggling? Add two more.

 

Real PTSD treatment exists. Trauma-focused therapy works. Single, well-monitored medications can help. But these approaches require time, expertise, and genuine care. The men and women who served this country deserve healing, not chemical zombification. They deserve doctors who treat PTSD, not accountants who manage patient loads with prescription pads.




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