Word: cedarleaf
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...withdrawal from Viet Nam, the personal strains of the war are still firmly etched in a number of shocking statistics. Of the 2.4 million Vietvets who served in Southeast Asia between 1961 and 1973, some 55,000 are presently receiving Government compensation for psychiatric disorders. Dr. Cherry Cedarleaf, former senior staff psychiatrist at the VA hospital in Minneapolis, has estimated that 50% of the returnees need some professional help in adjusting to civilian life. About 25% of the 800,000 veterans who have sought admission to VA hospitals or have been sent there by authorities have attempted suicide. As many...
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