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Tim Kaine: “If we were able to determine, for example, that folks in the military who are seeking treatment for mental health…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
If we were able to determine, for example, that folks in the military who are seeking treatment for mental health issues, PTSD or others, were dramatically more medicated than those who were seeking mental health services in the civilian world, that would really strike a big alarm.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine emphasizes the need to investigate medication differences between military and civilian mental health treatments.

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