โ Scribed by Paula P. Schnurr; Danny Kaloupek; Nina Sayer; Daniel S. Weiss; Judith Cohen; Sandro Galea; Terri L. Weaver
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This issue of the Journal of Traumatic Stress contains a special section on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. These wars and related events have had a global impact at multiple levels, ranging from individuals to society as a whole. Consequently, public recognition of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other readjustment problems resulting from warzone exposure has increased. A query for the term "PTSD" conducted on January 6, 2010 using Google's news archive search found that the number of English language articles increased from 811 in 2001 (when the United States first went to war in Afghanistan), to 1,160 in 2003 (when the U.S. entered Iraq), to 3,480 in 2009. As public attention has increased, societal response has grown as well. Substantial resources have been committed to help individuals deal with the emotional toll of war. In the United States, for example, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense have implemented large-scale surveillance programs to monitor the mental health of returning service members
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