Prevention of Psychiatric Problems among Military Personnel and Their Spouses

It is always important to capture information generated from clinical databases to advance theory and practice. This is certainly the case with two articles in this issue of the Journal. One article addresses the secondary prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by the administration of morphine during resuscitation and early trauma care in U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel injured in combat.1 The other article describes increased mental health problems among wives of deployed U.S. Army personnel.2 The search for a “morning-after pill” after exposure to traumatic stress is obviously of great importance. It would be valuable if it . . .