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In afghanistan, the department has become inundated and 93,000 troops will enroll this season along. 183% increase from five years ago. >> we see approximately five to ten new iraqi afghanistan veterans oofr day. >> to prepare for the surge, the va increased staffing nationally by 24% and new post deployment clinics are being opened. >> these are special clinics designed around the returning come back veterans where the veteran is at the center of care. >> now, the va has been criticized in the past, things like very long waiting lists just for people to be scene by a doctor or other medical p...

Number of unique challenges, compared to those of the past. many have done multiple deployments overseas and more are returning home with ptsdrks or post traumatic stress disorder. so the v.a. increasing in staff size by more than 24% and the programs have been changed. new offices have been opened across america and new post deployment clinics have been established to provide the best care possible to meet the needs of our heros and not just the physical ones. >> we offer speech therapy and we offer marital therapy and they will need help with substance abuse issues and we have a mood disorde...

Deployments overseas and more are returning home with ptsd or post traumatic stress disorder. in order to the v.a. increasing the staff size, the programs offered have changed, too. new offices have been opened across america and new post deployment clinics have been established to provide the best care possible to meet the needs of our heros and not just the physical ones. >> we offer couples they werey and group they werey and family therapy, we offer marital therapy. they might need help with substance abuse. and we have a substance abuse program here in our clinic. veterans can get help fo...