Many military veterans’ PTSD claims ‘fabricated or exaggerated’

I knew it. (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/home-fires-narrative-and-memory-at-war/)

Ian Palmer, a former senior military psychiatrist who ran the government’s medical assessment programme (MAP), a veteran’s mental health service, found that in 42% of cases there was no definite link to military service and at least 10% appeared to be making up or significantly exaggerating their service history.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/23/many-military-veterans-ptsd-claims-fabricated-or-exaggerated