“””If they want you to be schizophrenic,” says Trent Smith, an MST survivor currently fighting his…”
“””If they want you to be schizophrenic,” says Trent Smith, an MST survivor currently fighting his discharge from the Air Force, “you’re schizophrenic.” These diagnoses also spare the government the costs of aftercare: The VA considers a personality disorder to be a pre-existing condition, so it won’t cover the expense of treatment for PTSD caused by a sexual assault.””
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“Thirty-eight military men are sexually assaulted every single day.”
If society is judged by how it treats its worst-off members, how should we be considered when this is how we treat the people who have willingly volunteered to sacrifice their lives to defend us?
