I think in the whole issue around mental health disorders, I don't like the term, these are brain disorders. Whether it's caused by toxic effects of chemicals, the toxic effects of cumulative or traumatic experiences, it impacts the brain in a negative manner and that's what we need to be focused on. The term “the diagnosis” is not near as important as the actual effect and the level of dysfunction that we see in our veterans. We need to be looking at a new directions in regard to being able to diagnose these disorders as well as treatment.
On October 25th, 2016. See this statement in context.