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September 2008
Cover Feature
Fighting the battle against PTSD
How to detect and treat mental illness in returning veterans.
While the military screens soldiers leaving Iraq and Afghanistan for mental health problems at least twice within six months of returning from combat, PTSD can show up several months or years after a person leaves the battlefield. Internists in community and Veterans Affairs hospitals alike must be able to spot and treat PTSD in patients, even when the disorder isn’t immediately apparent.
September ’08
Letter from the Editor
September ’08
Letters to the Editor
Caring for sexual minorities: Readers respond
September ’08
Cartoon Caption Contest
Put words in our mouth
September ’08
Write to the Editor
September ’08
Ethical dilemmas
Discontinuing treatment: In hopeless cases, providers have a right to refuse to continue
September ’08
In the News
More hospitals employing physicians, survey finds
September ’08
Green Medicine
A remedy for medical waste
Hospitals send unused supplies to needy facilities overseas.
September ’08
Technology
Artificial pancreas closer to reality
Closed-loop system holds promise for in-hospital glucose control.
September ’08
Your Career
One size does not fit all
Which hospitalist model is right for you?
September ’08
New job? Ask 4 questions before signing on
An attorney offers tips on contract negotiation.
September ’08
Physician Profile
Hospitalist is Michigan medical society’s Woman Physician of the Year
Carole Montgomery, ACP Member, has been a hospitalist since the early ’90s.
September ’08
Quality Corner
Measure of the month: Heart failure
September ’08
Web Watch
Hospitalist doesn’t hold back on blog about rural medicine
September ’08
FDA Update
Dozens of generic drugs recalled
September ’08
Clinical Medicine
Test yourself: Mental health
September ’08
Research News
Journal watch
Recent studies of note
September ’08
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