Female vets suffering post-traumatic stress overlooked

Female veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder aren't getting proper medical help, even though they suffer at about the same rate as their male counterparts, experts say.
The average female patient in the Veterans Administration medical system is 48 years old -- but a rapidly increasing number are younger than 30. Male patients, meanwhile, average 61 years old and, with tens of millions of veterans from World War II, Korea and Vietnam in or approaching their twilight, their ranks are getting older.
The needs of the two groups are vastly different. "It's a complete paradigm shift," said Gina Painter, manager of the women's clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City. "We have staff members who don't even know that we have a women's clinic."