Psychiatrist: Bergdahl mental disorder factored in desertion
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November 2, 2017
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's difficult childhood and his washout from Coast Guard boot camp stoked serious psychiatric disorders that helped spur him to walk off his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009, a psychiatrist testified Wednesday.
Dr. Charles Morgan said the soldier was already suffering from a schizophrenia-like condition and post-traumatic stress disorder when he disappeared in Afghanistan. Morgan was the final defense witness at sentencing, and closing arguments are expected to start Thursday.
The forensic psychiatrist said interviews with family and childhood fr...
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