FORT KNOX, Ky., June 9 (UPI) -- Routine screening of veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder or depression can ease "any perceived stigma" attached to the illnesses, medical officials say.
Col. Charles Engel, M.D. -- the RESPECT-Mil program director at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and senior scientist at the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress -- said the RESPECT-Mil program adds behavioral health screening to primary care visits.