Fwd: research on the term post traumatic stress disorder,you wont believe!

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This a post on another group.

 

The greatest toxic source of injuries are from phatmaceutical

medicines.

 

Of course, that will never come to the light of day.

 

There are many, many illnesses, that the medical establishment says

are genetic, or we don't really know the cause, but are in reality

toxic injuries from the pharmacuetical medicines that the person has

previously taken.

 

It may be called IBS, fibro, CFS, or many many others.

 

It is also suspected that a lot of cancer is a result of toxic

exposure to pharmacuetical chemicals over a prolonged basis.

 

 

TOXICOLOGICAL INJURIES

 

Finally, we must distinguish between the issue of whether or not our

troops were exposed to hazardous materials, and whether these

exposures have resulted in the illnesses in question. We must not get

bogged down in our zeal to determine who is wrong and forget about

what is wrong. Often, I compare government's reaction to this issue

as being similar to that of individuals arguing at the scene of an

auto accident over who is at fault while several passengers and

pedestrians lay on the ground bleeding to death. Our priority must be

determining and treating the cause of this illness and in changing

our doctrine and equipment to prevent future occurrences. Improper

and illegal actions must be dealt with, and these investigative

efforts are essential to discourage such actions in the future, but

these investigations should be parallel with, and not in place of,

the medical research and treatment needed by the veterans.

 

As the interdisciplinary research director with the Chronic Illness

Research Foundation, I am concerned that prolonged delay in dealing

with these illnesses or the dismissal of toxicological injuries as

stress-related disorders will have disastrous consequences. While it

is clear that many toxic exposures result in symptoms similar to

those often identified with post traumatic stress disorder, and that

veterans often need psychiatric care, the misidentification of

toxicological and neuropsychiatric symptoms as a stress-related

illness will result, not in enhanced care for our veterans, but

rather will contribute to ignoring what may be a progressive auto-

immune, neuro-immune, or other disease process brought on by

toxicological damage.

 

Testimony of James J. Tuite, III

to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

Salt Lake City, Utah

March 18, 1997

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