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War often leaves soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, and the Veterans’ Administration provides care for that condition. The same symptoms are seen in many people confined to American prisons, and some mental health professionals are now calling for a new diagnosis – Post-Incarceration Syndrome. Sandy Hausman has that story.
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