As a military combat veteran, this article frightens me a little bit. My Gulf War experience has made me acutely aware of the affects that combat can have on a soldier's psyche. So, I can understand why the U.S. Government is trying to find a way to mimimize the affects of something like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I just question the fact that an injection, in the neck of all places, would help alleviate the symptoms of PTSD within minutes - without causing more damage in the long run. We may want to pay close attention to this one. Check out what the article had to says:
"Everything from magnetic stimulation of the brain to virtual reality therapy to heavy regimens of conventional pharmaceuticals (and even some, like MDMA and cannabis, that aren’t exactly conventional) has been floated as a potential treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and yet researchers have yet to find a method that works all--or even most of--the time. As the Pentagon grows quietly more desperate some in the services are willing to reach a little further for a potential cure, and now a Navy doctor thinks perhaps she’s found one in the form of a single injection to the neck."
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