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Where to Begin After Being Diagnosed with Post-Deployment Syndrome

David Cifu, MD
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Clinicians need to define a methodical framework of recovery for people with post-deployment syndrome.

Posted on BrainLine November 12, 2010.

Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Brian King, BrainLine.

About the author: David Cifu, MD

David Cifu, MD is chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia, and national director of the PM&R program office for the Veterans Health Administration.

David X. Cifu, MD