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Dear Donald Trump: I treat combat veterans with PTSD, and they are not weak

  • Written by Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University

Mr. Trump, there’s someone I’d like you to meet.

Well, not one person per se, but the thousands of veterans I’ve had the privilege to work with as a clinical psychologist over the past 20 years. They’ve served this country proudly – shouldering the responsibilities of the world while others went to college or into...

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