- December 15th, 2009
- December 14th, 2009
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tricitypsychology has posted a new entry on: The Shrink Rap
Embedded video from CNN Video Women are joining the military in record numbers. Of the 1.8 million troops that have been deployed in the Iraq–Afghanistan conflict, 200 thousand of them are women. 12…
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- December 13th, 2009
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jaimehirsh has posted a new entry on: multicultural animal farm
So here’s how it’s all been going down in my head for the past 24 hours: I spent a good chunk of yesterday prepping myself to for the inevitable snowy drive down Little Cottonwood Canyon I would h…
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maverick4u has posted a new entry on: What Causes Anxiety
At times a video can help us in the understanding of a heart breaking problem such as social a…
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mysticdave has dugg: Soldiers Forced to Go AWOL for PTSD Care
- December 12th, 2009
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
How is this possible? How is it still possible for some people to actually think PTSD is bogus? Can they really be that hard to educate? Considering there are generals talking about their own PTSD,.…
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invisiblechildren has posted a new entry on: maintenance
It is clear to anyone living or working with abused and neglected children that trauma suffered in childhood is carried into adulthood at great personal expense to the child. Every year, we read about…
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
Jamie Francis, The Oregonian In Grant County Circuit Court in Canyon City, three miles from the murder scene in John Day, Iraq war veteran Jessie Bratcher (center) and his attorney, Markku Sario... […
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BillCorcoran has posted a new entry on: CORKSPHERE
Sad story of how returning vets have to go AWOL to get help for PTSDBy Dahr Jamailhttp://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49646MARFA, Texas, Dec 11 (IPS) - With a military health care system over-stret…
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- December 11th, 2009
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kellenvh has posted a new entry on: Kellevision
She's crying uncontrollably. "They say I'm Bipolar, but I just don't think I am." She explains that she has a history of heavy drug and alcohol abuse and every time they diagnosed her with B…
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- December 10th, 2009
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
Maybe this post title should be "who can they trust" when this happens? Military Rules Said to Hinder Therapy By JAMES DAO and DAN FROSCH Published: December 6, 2009 Pfc. Jeffery Meier, who... [[…
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
Whittier family's wounds of war compounded by multiple deployments By Bethania Palma Markus, Staff Writer Posted: 12/06/2009 06:01:54 AM PST WHITTIER - Rossana Cambran choked back tears as she... [[…
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- December 9th, 2009
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Eric0311 has posted a new entry on: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome
A former Oregon Guardsman has avoided a prison term, after a jury found PTSD drove him to murder. He’s been sentenced to the custody of state psychiatrists. April Baer reports. 27-year old Jessi…
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
PTSD comes only one way and that is after traumatic events. It does change the way people think, react and feel about others as well as themselves. This article says Spc. Hunter did not see... [[…
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
Increases in PTSD Rate Outpace Growth of Services By Bob Gordon Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not new. Ninety years ago it was known as 'shell shock'. Sixty years ago, 'Battle... [[ This…
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rstein has posted a new entry on: Madoff Help News and Assistance Blog
More than half of investors polled in a survey indicated they are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Time doesn’t seem to be healing the wounds of Bernard Madoff’s victims. Cl…
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- December 8th, 2009
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
New news? Not so much but this seems like a better study than what has been done lately. If they want to get rid of the stigma, they should start by keeping it simple. The simple truth of PTSD is...…
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- December 7th, 2009
- December 6th, 2009
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dianewarth has posted a new entry on: karmalised
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
PTSD, the change you can believe in by Chaplain Kathie While you can never return to the way you were before, you can end up coming out of this darkness better than you were before. Sounds... [[ Thi…
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
When you think that the Marines are supposed to be of a different breed of human, this is an amazing thing! The leadership has finally come to terms with just how human Marines are. Are they tough?...…
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- December 5th, 2009
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
If they are trying to "prevent" PTSD, then this has already been done as much as it can be. Ever read about a work place shooting? Ever read about floods? Hurricanes? Tornadoes? Ever read about...…
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
24-hour International Event to Showcase Benefits of Virtual Environments for PTSD Survivors why Second Life? Within Second Life, Fearless Nation offers: Spirit Lodge (landing point): A... […
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- December 4th, 2009
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GriefHealing has posted a new entry on: Grief Healing
In her usual direct and forthright manner, psychotherapist and guided imagery expert Belleruth Naparstek seriously questions the decision of the Department of Defense to introduce Positive Psychology…
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- December 3rd, 2009
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
The time acknowledged rate of PTSD is one out of three. This applies to traumatic events, since it is the only way to be claimed by PTSD. It literally means after trauma. Trauma as many of you...…
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
Wife: Iraq war changed soldier accused in slayings By MARY ESCH The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — Relatives say a Fort Drum soldier accused of stabbing his two Army buddies to death told them.…
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- December 2nd, 2009
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untreatable has posted a new entry on: untreatable
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.Smiling kids…
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- November 29th, 2009
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cpresley2 has posted a new entry on: United Children of Veterans
For more on Ed Tick and his organization called Soldier’s Heart, see: http://www.soldiersheart.net/index.shtml To go back to United Children of Veterans: http://www.unitedchildrenofveterans.co…
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chaplainkathie has posted a new entry on: Wounded Times Blog
PTSD cited in vet’s murder acquittal Kim Murphy Los Angeles Times JOHN DAY, Ore. – When Jessie Bratcher’s fiancee told him the baby might not be his, that she had been raped two months earlier,…
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