Women’s PTSD Program interview
Women’s PTSD Program that I attended and did the
interview with WKRC-TV 12, Cincinnatti, Ohio (Click on PTSD Program for
Women on the left side to see the video):
http://www.local12.com/mediacenter/local.aspx
(CLE) for lawyers, to encourage them to represent trrops and veterans of the Iraq war
I met this afternoon with two attorneys working on a legal training (CLE) for lawyers, to encourage them to represent trrops and veterans of the Iraq war… You can find ithe “Lawyers and Warriors” event on the state bar association website I think (www.wsba.org) under “Sections”- the World Peace Through Law Section in cooperation with the Lawyers Representing Military Personnel (LAMP) Section of the bar. The event is December 27th at the bar association offices (where I now work.. but I’ll be in Calif. then and unable to attend unfortunately).
Their panelists/speakers include a few people you may know (Michael with GI Hotline, Sgt. Jean Sheridan? other names that I can’t recall specifically but have notes in my file). They are finalizing the topic areas for the panels and welcome input on what the common legal problems are that returning troops are facing. I gave them the names of two suggested speakers who were part of the CLE organized by our wonderful board member with King County Washington Women Lawyers.
Also, my task is to locate a wounded warrior, a veteran or active duty soldier who is willing to share for 5-10 minutes in the beginning of the program what their experience has been and how a veteran like him or her could use the pro bono or reduced rate services of an attorney… and to identify perhaps with personal testimonial the legal issues they’ve had to face… putting a personal face to these issues that they will be receiving training to provide pro bono volunteer time down the road… to talk about maybe a fight for disability benefits, their job, housing or credit debt issues, family law matters, etc.
Any thoughts? Please see if you can help me identify such a person within the next week. The training, “Lawyers and Warriors” is expecting to have 70 attorneys present. Lawyers are often seeking the CLE credits that you have to earn each year, and December events (particularly low cost like this one at $25) are very popular. On the short term approach, a thought bantered around today was to hold a Phase II session in January with the ‘trained up’ attorneys providing a “Legal Rights Workshop” - not specific legal representation or consults (will take a little time to get that long term plan, pro bono clinic structure properly set, malpractice insurance in place, a screener to set up the appointments, a host identified for the clinic, a funding stream to keep it going, etc… but I don’t want this to be a project that takes years to set up.. but should be up and going by March at the latest.. that’s my hope… we have a good foundation started including 4 or 5 civil and criminal law agencies who have been talking together for some months about setting up a clinic (but they told me today that my little core committee is apparently further along in thinking than they are but they have all the players who see people in their doors right now, especially in their Pierce County offices), NW Justice Project, Columbia Legal Services, Public Defender agencies, etc….I’m meeting with them in early December)
So, here is the message of hope: love conquers hate, good prevails over evil, and people committed to doing a good thing for the right cause will succeed! It’s not an easy climb, but I always pray that God gives me stronger legs and enough endurance to make it to the mountaintop:)
us to open facility to treat sexually traumatized female veterans
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
… only residential program in the national va health care system devoted to solely treating women who experienced what is known as military sexual trauma, …
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Lawyers step up to help veterans gratis
WASHINGTON Yet there was no deal to cut. Instead, the high-powered lawyers were getting a tutorial in the arcane vagaries of veterans law. “This could be the VA’s worst nightmare,†Bart Stichman, one of the organizers, enthused from the podium. “Hundreds of attorneys from around the country providing legal service to veterans for free.†The recent gathering at Sidley Austin, a firm with 1,700 lawyers around the globe, is part of a growing effort to provide free legal help to thousands of veterans returning from “There are 100,000 veterans seeking benefits, and too many of them are waiting too long to get them,†says Ron Abrams, who, with Stichman, directs the National Veterans Legal Services Program, a non-profit group in The approach marks the first time since the Civil War that attorneys have been recruited in large numbers to represent veterans. The lawyers hope their legal expertise will speed consideration of claims and result in better benefits for veterans, Stichman says. More than 50 of the largest law firms in the Law schools join cause Amanda Smith, an attorney with the Philadelphia-based firm Morgan Lewis, says many of the participating lawyers are Besides the push by big law firms, law schools in states such as the Carolinas, Virginia, Delaware, Michigan and Illinois also are offering free services to veterans. Craig Kabatchnick, who worked as a VA appellate attorney from 1990 until 1995, launched a clinic last January for veterans at North Carolina Central University’s law school, where he now teaches. “We had all kinds of veterans who were very disabled, litigating against trained attorneys like myself who were defending the VA,†Kabatchnick says. The VA would “win†if the claim was denied, Kabatchnick says. “Did we litigate to win? Absolutely. In cases where the veteran was representing himself, the win ratio was very high.†Paul Hutter, the VA’s general counsel, says its attorneys have “an ethical obligation to fairly and justly†review claims and settle “meritorious cases quickly.†“Our job is to ensure that veterans get the benefits allowed them by law,†he says in an e-mail. Disability claims have increased from 578,773 in fiscal 2000 to 838,141 this year, according to VA figures. There are about 407,000 pending. The average processing time is 177 days, the VA says. Change in law lifted restrictions Traditionally, veterans have represented themselves or sought assistance from a service organization, such as the American Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars. But many of the caseworkers in those groups are overloaded with cases, Stichman says, and sometimes one volunteer oversees 1,000 veterans’ claims. The approach has not led to quick compensation for veterans. Evidence supporting a veteran’s claim — medical records or letters from colleagues — is not always submitted with the original claim. When that evidence is added later, it can lead to reversals or requests for reconsideration. That can add more than a year to the appeals process, the VA says. The Board of Veterans Appeals either reverses or orders reconsideration of decisions made by VA regional offices 56% of the time, according to an analysis of VA figures by Stichman’s group. Congress has long kept attorneys at arms-length from the veterans’ disability process. Until last June, when federal law changed, paid attorneys could not work on cases until after a final decision by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. The VA is now considering regulations that would require all attorneys to pass a test in order to qualify to handle veterans’ claims, according to Phil Budahn, a department spokesman. Service organizations, including the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars, vigorously fought the change in law. They are now pushing to repeal the law and support requiring a test, arguing that lawyers could turn what is supposed to be a non-adversarial process into a litigious one. “The fear was lawyers will dominate, and they’ll ruin everything,†says Thomas Reed, a law professor at Widener University in Wilmington, Del., who began offering free legal services to veterans in 1997. Lawyers not the cure-all Joe Violante, national legislative director of the Disabled American Veterans, which represents 1.3 million veterans, says trained volunteers from the service organizations are far more experienced at representing veterans’ claims than the newly recruited lawyers. “If the veteran is under the impression that an attorney is going to get their claim through faster, there’s no proof of that,†he says. Ron Flagg, a Sidley attorney involved in the pro bono veterans’ project, says there are so many claims that the system is overwhelmed. “Lawyers are not the cure to all ills,†he says. “But this is a problem where lawyers can be helpful.†|
| Find this article at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-11-26-valawyers_N.htm?csp=34 |
Rudy’s business doesn’t appear to be America’s
By cedricsbigmix(cedricsbigmix)
In addition, VETWOW is an organization that assists those suffering from MST (Military Sexual Trauma). The voice of war resister Camilo Mejia is featured in Rebel Voices — playing now through December 16th at Culture Project and based …
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va center to treat female vets who were sexually assaulted
NJ Blog - New Jersey,USA
… treating women who experienced what is known as military sexual trauma or mst. although the va has a national network of 15 sexual trauma programs, …
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Daily News: PTSD Treatments Need Study
Nurse.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
Funding for research is needed to ascertain the most effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a federal government committee …
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Sailor stonewalled over compo
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
Now 60, Taylor has been fighting the Commonwealth Government for the past seven years to compensate him for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and loss …
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PTSD: Wounds of the Soul
KFVS - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA
With as many as 40 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans expected to return home with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the Veteran’s Administration …
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CBS’s Bogus Veterans’ Suicide Claim
Canada Free Press - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
This also contradicts a powerful implication of the CBS presentation—namely, that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major cause of these suicides. …
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surviving in haditha: a secret side of military life the press …
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
… a marine who had never deployed claimed post-traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, and refused to go. some might be surprised to learn that one can claim an …
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tucson police program helps returning soldiers suffering stress
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
north says the comment was taken out of context. but she adds the program is there to address post traumatic stress disorder. “if people feel that they have …
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Helping Soldiers With Post Traumatic Distress
KFYR-TV - Bismarck,ND,USA
… of three categories, the last of which suggests they should seek some counseling for post-traumatic stress, and possibly post-traumatic stress disorder. …
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Garda sergeant cleared of assaulting youth
Nenagh Guardian - Tipperary,Ireland
When he sat in the witness box Sgt Kellett spoke of how he had been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder after being assaulted by an Iraqi prisoner …
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video game helps vets deal with post-traumatic stress
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
… at the university of southern california are using to help war veterans deal with the debilitating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, …
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DEFENCE MINISTER’S ADDRESS AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON …
Press Information Bureau (press release) - New Delhi,India
… psychological and behavioural stress reactions amongst soldiers and officers – a condition commonly referred to as the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder …
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Early trauma may change stress response
United Press International - USA
… the researchers found that women who had experienced trauma earlier in life, but who did not have post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression, …
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Asthma Linked To Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
MedIndia - Chennai,India
For the first time, a link has been established between asthma with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adults. The participants in the study, …
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Pain from a roadside bomb pierces soldier’s life
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, can cause “significant distress or interfere with work or home life,” according to the National Center for PTSD. …
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Vets want to keep service that helped
Cumberland Times-News - Cumberland,MD,USA
Doctors now say that PTSD has been with us for as long as people have been involved in traumatic experiences, but they just didn’t know what to call it or …
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