Oops! VA mistakenly prescribing PTSD instead of curing it
WASHINGTON — In a major setback for veteran care, the Department of Veterans Affairs admitted today that medical professionals have been mistakenly prescribing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) instead of curing it.
"We are currently going through all paper and electronic copies of our treatment forms and replacing 'Treat with [PTSD]' with 'Treat for [PTSD],'" said VA spokesman Matthew Gowan. "We sincerely apologize for the error and are in the process of correcting it."
Officials are blaming a clerical error on a provider form that hasn't been updated since 1921, causing the VA to mistakenly yet diligently terrify US service members for nearly 100 years. Dr. Tina Walker, head of psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Medical Center since 1936, has been prescribing an aggressive PTSD regimen to induce anxiety and uncontrollable thoughts in veterans, "taking their minds off of their debilitating injuries."
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