Hubbard's post-war correspondence with the VA was also included, including letters in which he requested psychiatric treatment to address his " long periods of moroseness " and " suicidal inclinations . " He continued to complain to the VA about various physical ailments into the 1950s, well after he had founded Dianetics; the " Times " noted that, significantly, Hubbard had promised that Dianetics would provide " a cure for the very ailments that plagued the author himself then and throughout his life, including allergies, arthritis, ulcers and heart problems ."
