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From: Otis Willie PIO The American War Library on 20 Jul 2008 19:01
VA's National PTSD Center Deputy Honored
Ladies Home Journal Cites Work with Women Veterans

WASHINGTON (July 18, 2008) -- Dr. Paula Schnurr, deputy executive director for
VA's National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), received the 3rd
annual Ladies Home Journal "Health Breakthrough Award" for her work with PTSD
and women veterans.

"Dr. Schnurr's contribution to veterans is an exceptional example of the
Department's commitment to healing those who have borne the battle," said
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. "Her research was recognized
for finding the best therapy among current treatment approaches for PTSD in
women."

The study led by Schnurr for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was the
largest clinical trial of individual psychotherapy for PTSD ever conducted. The
findings led to VA supporting a national training program in "prolonged-exposure
therapy," which had not previously been widely used.

Schnurr has been serving veterans at VA for 19 years and is responsible for
program development, consultation on research projects, and strategic direction
of the activities at the seven sites that make up the National Center for PTSD.

She is also a research professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, as
well as the editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Schnurr is one of four doctors and researchers who is featured in the August
2008 issue of the Ladies Home Journal, the fifth largest magazine in the
country, with more than 13 million subscribers. They were chosen following a
search of more than 80 medical organizations, medical schools, teaching
hospitals, universities and government agencies.

VA is a world leader in the research, diagnosis and treatment of PTSD, providing
specialized PTSD programs at its medical centers and clinics. More about the
National Center for PTSD can be found at www.ncptsd.va.gov

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