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.

Letter from the Editor

Write to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Caring for sexual minorities: Readers respond

Cartoon Caption Contest
Put words in our mouth

Ethical dilemmas

Discontinuing treatment: In hopeless cases, providers have a right to refuse to continue

In the News

More hospitals employing physicians, survey finds

Green Medicine

A remedy for medical waste
Hospitals send unused supplies to needy facilities overseas.

Technology

Artificial pancreas closer to reality
Closed-loop system holds promise for in-hospital glucose control.

Your Career

One size does not fit all
Which hospitalist model is right for you?

New job? Ask 4 questions before signing on
An attorney offers tips on contract negotiation.

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.

Quality Corner

Measure of the month: Heart failure

Web Watch

Hospitalist doesn’t hold back on blog about rural medicine

FDA Update

Dozens of generic drugs recalled

Clinical Medicine

Test yourself: Mental health

Research News

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