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Almost 20% of Iraq and Afghanistan vets have PTSD or depression
Politics in the Zeros | 20 hours ago by Bob
From Rand Corp. research About 18.5 percent of US soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq currently have PTSD or depression. 19.5 percent report traumatic brain injuries. An estimated 31 percent of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have read more
Shinseki: Veterans' Mental Health a Priority
healthwatch | 21 hours ago by deshola
Veterans Affairs Secretary Says Department "Working Diligently" to Combat PTSD, Brain Injuries read more
News at Eleven: Poverty is difficult enough
Poetry & Poets in Rags | November 10th 2009 by Rus Bowden
without PTSD. Here is the score for some of the finest of the finest higher education system in the world. Undergraduate veterans enrolled: Stanford: Four in the freshman class. Dartmouth: 8. Yale: ? Harvard: ? Princeton: ? Bunker Hill Community Coll read more
Marijuana and PTSD
Orange Punch | November 10th 2009 by Stan
An Israeli study (on rats rather than humans, but that’s how these studies typically start) strongly suggests that marijuana may be useful in treating the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Does that mean that Maj. Hasan (not to read more
“Stressed” is “Desserts” Spelled Backwards!
Simply Peachy | November 10th 2009 by Amber Austen
Returned broken men, families with lost loved ones,…. and this is the best we have to offer? After many failed attempts since 2004, my husband started receiving help from VA in August of 2009 by an LPC. There, he was given a diagnosis of PTSD, read more
Compassionate Conservatism
Scattershot | November 10th 2009
Once again we turn to the Appraisers Free Forum [more appropriately called the Appraisers Free-fire Zone] for a nuanced take on Nidal Malik Hasan and the recent shootings at Ft. Hood. Hasan, you will remember, counseled shell-shocked soldiers after t read more
Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts (AP)
Genuine drugs, health topics discussion | November 10th 2009
Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts (AP) AP - Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries — signature damage of the Iraq and read more
Yahoo! News: Health News (12 сообщений)
drugstorefull | November 10th 2009 by masiks
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Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts (AP)
Journal Home - FREE Blog Host | November 10th 2009
Mighty scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress confuse and concussion-like brain injuries " signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. More: - Read More read more
Army Therapists Stretched Too Thin? Obviously!
Wounded Times Blog | November 9th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
They say they want to reduce the stigma of PTSD but they won't say they will change the way they hire and train people to treat PTSD the way the rest of the country is, by heading most of it off as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs read more
Did the military's own negligence contribute to the slayings?
Wounded Times Blog | November 9th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
While I don't think it was all the fault of the military, it is easy to say that what they did not do added to all of this. Just think about knowing repeat deployments incresed the risk of PTSD but... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web read more
Fort Hood
Kiss My Gumbo | November 9th 2009 by Greta Perry
I have felt sick over this since it hit the news and was unable to make myself write about it. We were stationed at Fort Hood from 2000-2002. The community was like no other and even though I did not live on post, the entire off-post community was mi read more
Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts
Wounded Times Blog | November 9th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
Whenever you hear anyone complain about money being spent taking care of our veterans, remind them of something. Anything done for them is done for the benefit of the rest of us as well. What... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website read more
Yahoo! News: Health News (13 сообщений)
drugstorefull | November 9th 2009 by masiks
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Veterans Courts: Progress?
Prison Abolitionist | November 9th 2009 by Margaret J Plews
These are beginning to show up around the country now - recently in Nevada. There's some controversy bout whether or not it's appropriate to have a separate court for veterans (PTSD is caused by many kinds of traumas). Many communities in America are read more
Read the latest on Militarypundits.com
Bouhammer's Afghan&Military Blog | November 9th 2009 by Troy Steward
This is the latest entry I put up on MilitaryPundits.com. It has to deal with the crap I am hearing in the media about Maj Hasan suffering from PTSD becuase he had to listen to it, even thought he has never deployed himself…and never will now. read more
PTSD is not Contagious or an Excuse
Military Pundits | November 9th 2009 by Troy Steward
Last Friday I woke up to my normally filled email inbox. However there were two emails that stuck out to me. One was from BBC and the other was from SkyNews. I have been a guest on both of their Radio and TV shows respectively, but am on BBC much mor read more
Torture, head injuries and mental illness
Mental Health Update | November 9th 2009 by John Gale
Hardly surprisingly many people who have suffered torture develop mental-health problems later and new research suggests that head injuries experienced while being tortured might also contribute to the development of mental illness. Researchers from read more
Genes And Environment May Interact To Influence Risk For Post-tra…
Psychiatric Medications | November 9th 2009 by Cicolini
Individuals who experience both childhood adversity and traumatic events in adulthood appear more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder than those exposed to only one of these types of incidents, according to a report in the November issue read more
Soldiers suffering from psychiatric injuries - can they claim?
The Personal Injury Blog | November 9th 2009 by blacksta
I've written the following article for New Law Journal about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) amongst soldiers. There is a great deal of media attention at the moment on fatalities and serious physical injuries amongst our servicemen and w read more
Valour-IT
Feral Intensity: I Make It Up As I Go Along | November 8th 2009 by Scath
I’m in for Team Navy, or my brother would probably disown me. From the Soldiers’ Angels website: Project Valour-IT helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and read more
Part II: Soldiering on? The invisible injuries of war
Law is Cool | November 8th 2009 by Omar Ha-Redeye
Guest Post by Krystalline Kraus | Reproduced from www.rabble.ca with permsision Next week, on November 11, veterans will get only two minutes of recognition — if people stop to reflect at all — while the rest of the year their sacrifice i read more
Sunday, Funday. Heal!
theotherbed - Surviving codependency to sexual addiction and… | November 8th 2009 by theotherbed
I mean it, but I'm also ROTFLMAO, sort of. Don't want to cry no more. Love is always in the air. But watch out for that other stuff.Let me know if you're interested in participating in a PTSD discussion. We will also be discussing NPD and other PDs. read more
Could Medical Marijuana Benefit Fort Hood Trauma Victims?
Radio Free Exile | November 8th 2009 by exileguy
The recent mass killings at Fort Hood are being described in the media as akin to the stress of war and other violence associated with military life. As professionals seek forms of treatment for trauma survivors, could marijuana be useful? A recent read more
What do the ‘fill in the blank’ - shootings mean?
referred resulting variability | November 8th 2009 by kayceebran
I spent a portion of my life at Fort Hood, Texas. That place gave me much and I am ever appreciative to this day. So, count me among the dumbfounded and bewildered who, like others, ask why regarding the mass murder that occurred there last wee read more
Anything to Avoid "That"
Mystical Paths - Kabbalah, Israel, Politics | November 8th 2009 by Akiva Paths
by Reb Akiva at Mystical PathsPreviously in Terror or Criminal, I wrote how US society is working hard to avoid recognition that when an Arab American stands up, shouts Allah hu Akbar, and shoots 30 people it might have something to do with his relig read more
For troubled service members, military therapists are at their si…
Wounded Times Blog | November 8th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
The problem is not just there are not enough to take care of the need, nor is it that they are burning out. The biggest problem is that too many of "healers" are clueless when it comes to PTSD.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website read more
Profile of a Coward
TWoPolitics - Two Weeks on Politics | November 7th 2009
Americans have now had some time to digest the horrific shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas that resulted in 13 killed and 30 wounded. What is emerging appears to be the criminal act of a lone, despicable, cowardly loser. By all accounts this Army p read more
The casualties of war
referred resulting variability | November 7th 2009 by kayceebran
Two days ago, I posted Eric Massa’s speech on the floor of congress. In that speech, he talks about the number of dead soldiers, killed in battle, thus far, in Afghanistan. He mentions that we don’t even know how many of our returnin read more
CNN's Nguyen Asks: 'Was It Taunting, Was It Teasing, Was It Haras…
study regional driven half llc | November 7th 2009 by study regional driven half llc
On CNN Saturday Morning News today, anchor Betty Nguyen interviewed a psychiatrist about Major Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 and wounded 30 others in a shooting spree Thursday in Fort Hood, Texas. She began by delving into possible reason for Hasan's read more
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