A new rule broadens the definition of post-traumatic stress disorder, allowing non-combat veterans to receive disability benefits for being traumatized by events they did not actually experience.

130,000 American troops will soon return from Iraq. Their arrival will bring joy to their families and gratitude from the nation. It will also renew a debate over post-traumatic stress disorder.

Congress should back up its cries to "support the troops" with action.

Althoughpost-traumatic stress disorder may notbe thatwidespread, debate has been renewed with an eye toward helping soldiers from Iraq reintegrate into civilian society.

Over the last hundred years, psychiatry has taken very different perspectives on war stress.

Some soldiers will return from Iraq and Afghanistan with severe psychological problems. However, imposing on them the questionable legacy of Vietnam will not do them any service.

If the White House aims to defend the nation against terrorism, and avoid the expense, damage, and trauma of war, it is time to revoke the ban on assassinating our enemies.

A bad incentive structure creates a dire shortage.