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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 2474836" data-attributes="member: 42">It&#039;s rampant enough to matter and I think it absolutely affects other vets (or more precisely active duty guys, which is what we are talking about with this case).&nbsp; Increased wait times, availability of service etc...but more importantly the gamers and malingerers affect the others through the creation of a stereotype or stigma and the attitude of general suspicion towards anyone seeking help.&nbsp; So much that many troops would steer clear of treatment and try to tough it out just to avoid being sent to a WTU....or what many folks sadly called &quot;the isand of misfit toys&quot;.Then we get a sensational case like this and the media defaults right to PTSD and TBI....before they even really know the guys name and details.&nbsp; That drives the rest of the guys thinking about getting help even farther into the shadows because they don&#039;t want to be painted with the same brush.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SMS, post: 2474836, member: 42"] It's rampant enough to matter and I think it absolutely affects other vets (or more precisely active duty guys, which is what we are talking about with this case). Increased wait times, availability of service etc...but more importantly the gamers and malingerers affect the others through the creation of a stereotype or stigma and the attitude of general suspicion towards anyone seeking help. So much that many troops would steer clear of treatment and try to tough it out just to avoid being sent to a WTU....or what many folks sadly called "the isand of misfit toys". Then we get a sensational case like this and the media defaults right to PTSD and TBI....before they even really know the guys name and details. That drives the rest of the guys thinking about getting help even farther into the shadows because they don't want to be painted with the same brush. [/QUOTE]

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