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33. No, but impulse control is a result of TBI, coupled with PTSD, there is good reason to suspect it.

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:34 PM

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TBI may cause emotional, social, or behavioral problems and changes in personality.[115][116][117][118] These may include emotional instability, depression, anxiety, hypomania, mania, apathy, irritability, problems with social judgment, and impaired conversational skills.[115][118][119] TBI appears to predispose survivors to psychiatric disorders including obsessive compulsive disorder, substance abuse, dysthymia, clinical depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders.[120] In patients who have depression after TBI, suicidal ideation is not uncommon; the suicide rate among these persons is increased 2- to 3-fold.[121] Social and behavioral symptoms that can follow TBI include disinhibition, inability to control anger, impulsiveness, lack of initiative, inappropriate sexual activity, poor social judgment, and changes in personality.[115][117][118][122]

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Soldier Held in Afghan Massacre Had Brain Injury, Marital Problems [View all] denbot Mar 2012 OP

This speaks volumes about how we are caring for our injured soldiers, cbayer Mar 2012 #1

There is no "we" in this atreides1 Mar 2012 #5

Jeez, I just meant we as a country. cbayer Mar 2012 #10

Horseshit pscot Mar 2012 #16

Sorry, count me out of that. caseymoz Mar 2012 #27

have to agree with you Voice for Peace Mar 2012 #31

The people of Syria, are PUTTING THEIR FUCKING LIVES ON THE LINE... TheMadMonk Mar 2012 #32

We're the generation Ben Franklin warned against pscot Mar 2012 #37

Preach it, Comrade Monk. PavePusher Mar 2012 #42

For a long time they didn't try to "oust their bastard(s)" caseymoz Mar 2012 #49

Do the citizens of Syria "own" what their country is doing? Yes, actually, they do. PavePusher Mar 2012 #41

"We" are the government says nothing about facts. caseymoz Mar 2012 #50

Hear, hear. Doc Holliday Mar 2012 #34

(?) I have no butchers in my family. caseymoz Mar 2012 #61

WE gave them our kin for this abomination against humanity. Yes there were lies & mistakes, but patrice Mar 2012 #23

You act like you've never heard the idiomatic use before. caseymoz Mar 2012 #26

Yes there is a "we" Pontius. TheMadMonk Mar 2012 #30

Before you jump all over people who might actually be entirely innocent.... PavePusher Mar 2012 #40

Who do you think is going down for this? atreides1 Mar 2012 #2

It would not surprise me if his fitness for duty documentation went under close review, even before MADem Mar 2012 #18

Please see #40. n/t PavePusher Mar 2012 #43

Nope I knew we had screwed this guy up. This is on us. dkf Mar 2012 #3

That's what struck me as well. This guy was on his 4th Tour of Duty.... Moonwalk Mar 2012 #8

As far as I can tell... sendero Mar 2012 #55

Actually, I think... redgreenandblue Mar 2012 #12

My dad was one of those Alcibiades Mar 2012 #47

absolutely right pacificman Mar 2012 #19

Sane and stable people are not known for their mass murders. immoderate Mar 2012 #4

A death penalty thread??? Aw hell, I would alert whatever I could all over THAT crap! patrice Mar 2012 #24

Somebody was going on about an exception for child killers. immoderate Mar 2012 #44

Not that there should be NO consequences, just something more constructive than the DP. patrice Mar 2012 #60

'Murderers'??? Mimosa Mar 2012 #52

We are in agreement. immoderate Mar 2012 #56

What worries me is how many others are deployed when they should be getting care. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #6

A few years ago my neighbor's son did one tour of Iraq, came home and tried to kill himself.. whathehell Mar 2012 #22

^ Amen! Agree! ^ n/t Mimosa Mar 2012 #53

We will see more of this in the U.S. as well in the next decade. nobodyspecial Mar 2012 #7

So true - "Human beings aren't built for this." Raksha Mar 2012 #14

If you look at the days-in-combat figures, these are the highest ever, higher even than WWII. nt patrice Mar 2012 #25

Therein lies the rub, the dirty little secret about those who have sustained serious indepat Mar 2012 #9

This truly is a horrible situation. hamsterjill Mar 2012 #11

Will that be defence for shooting 2 year olds. dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #13

After the Haditha massacre trial any defense is plausible Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #57

A Product Of Endless War DallasNE Mar 2012 #15

I can imagine the mental suffering that Afghan people go through living in a constant lumpy Mar 2012 #17

Yes, I read years ago that the PTSD incidence and mental illness among children in Iraq and polly7 Mar 2012 #21

IVAW has been waging a campaign to stop deployment of traumatized troops pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #20

Damned straight frazzled Mar 2012 #45

There is no evidence that the brain injury was a factor in his killing spree. Vattel Mar 2012 #28

No, but impulse control is a result of TBI, coupled with PTSD, there is good reason to suspect it. denbot Mar 2012 #33

not yet n/t Enrique Mar 2012 #48

brain injury or not,he should spend the rest of his life in prison. bowens43 Mar 2012 #29

Spam deleted by Morning Dew (MIR Team) safrthjt Mar 2012 #35

Blackwater, uh Xe, uh Academi is at it again, those no good kettle stirrers Dont call me Shirley Mar 2012 #36

i wouldn't be surprised certainot Mar 2012 #39

the headline was cut- the third phrase was "...,listened to Limbaugh" certainot Mar 2012 #38

How does someone with a brain inhury get reassigned to a war zone??? excuse not to write Mar 2012 #46

He killed 9 little kids while they slept. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #51

We don't even know if he acted alone. Mimosa Mar 2012 #54

Do you mean dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #59

While I cannot hold him personally guilty for this due to this report I can and do hold the Military jwirr Mar 2012 #58