PTSD treatment top priority In Congress

By: WILLIAM FINN BENNETT – Staff Writer

Increasing awareness and treatment of post traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is a top priority for U.S. Rep. Bob Filner, a San Diego County Democrat who is the new chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

Filner’s 51st District covers the southern end of San Diego County and all of Imperial County to the Mexico border. His ascension to the top spot on the committee came as a result of Democrats seizing a majority of seats in Congress in the November election, a referendum that also resulted in the ouster of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

House leaders on Wednesday affirmed committee assignments and Hunter will stay on the Armed Services panel as its ranking Republican. In an interview published in the North County Times last week, Filner said he wants the Veterans Administration to ramp up its efforts aimed at combating post traumatic stress disorder and other psychological problems tied to military service.

Committee chairmen have a huge amount of power, according to Gary Jacobson, a University of California San Diego political science professor.

Read the rest in the North County Times.

~ by Anthony on January 17, 2007.

Posted in Difficulties With the VA, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Veterans Affairs

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