Judson Kauffman

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What the media fails to report about PTSD in SOF personnel

As a special operations soldier, I always held the belief that my fellow operators and I were relatively immune to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when compared with other soldiers. Of course, no one is really immune to such a disorder, but it was so rarely a problem with anyone I worked with, and we talked […]

What the Media Isn’t Reporting About PTSD in SOF Personnel (Part 2)

Matt Friedman, the director of the National Center for PTSD, explained at the 2003 conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that the SOF soldiers in the Fort Bragg study demonstrated a higher capacity to mobilize the neuropeptide Y molecule and sustain it for longer periods of time. Furthermore, the level of […]