Home from war, but not free of it
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
The Department of Veterans Affairs vastly underestimated the number of PTSD patients the war would generate, according to a January report by the advocacy …
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Brown’s legislation will help sufferers of post traumatic stress …
Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield,OH,USA
“We must protect our soldiers suffering from PTSD or TBI from getting lost in an administrative shuffle,” Brown said. “These brave men and women deserve …
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Congressman to visit Drum, discuss PTSD treatment
Watertown Daily Times (subscription) - Watertown,NY,USA
Mr. Murtha said he wants to know more about how PTSD is being handled at Fort Drum, where the 10th Mountain Division is one of the most heavily deployed …
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Vilseck unit soon to start PTSD forums
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
The PTSD meetings — due to start in the next two weeks — will be for soldiers and spouses, he said. “Sometimes you think you are the only person with this …
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Facing fears may be best way to combat PTSD, say doctors
Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo,CO,USA
Edna Foa is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of a number of studies on treating PTSD. Dr. Matt Goodwin, a CMHIP psychiatrist and …
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CHESTERTON: Chesterton woman forms foundation to help fight PTSD
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
According to the VA’s National Center for PTSD, about 12 to 20 percent of returning Iraqi War vets come home with PTSD and 6 to 11 percent returning from …
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Researchers: PTSD Rates Increased by 61 Percent After Abortion
Lifesite - Niagara Falls,NY,USA
Almost one-fifth of the women had symptoms that met the criteria for PTSD, leading the authors to note that “high rates of PTSD characterize women who have …
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Soldier with PTSD waits for Army transfer from Miami jail
WWSB ABC 7 - Sarasota,FL,USA
AP - February 13, 2008 1:04 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - A soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder is being jailed in Miami on a desertion charge without seeing a …
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Study Finds Women Who Have Abortions Experience Post-Traumatic Stress
LifeNews.com - Helena,MT,USA
The results led the authors to note that “high rates of PTSD characterize women who have undergone voluntary pregnancy termination. …
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PTSD Linked to Chronic Inflammation and Early Death
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
Veterans diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder in the mid-1980s were more than twice as likely to die by 2000 as those who did not have a PTSD …
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Soldier with PTSD waits for Army transfer from Miami jail
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville,FL,USA
… staffers at Fort Carson last spring, and told The Associated Press then that he had been diagnosed with PTSD in November 2006 after serving in Iraq. …
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PTSD Influences Long Term Health
PsychCentral.com - Boston,MA,USA
13 (Psych Central) — Research on Vietnam veterans finds that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases an individuals’ risk for long-term health …
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Soldier with PTSD waits for Army transfer from Miami jail
KRDO - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
AP - February 13, 2008 1:04 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - A veterans group is criticizing the Army for not acting fast enough to transfer a man who has been jailed …
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Montana National Guard secures PTSD pilot program
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
By ERIC NEWHOUSE The Montana National Guard has been selected to start a national pilot program to perform additional mental health screenings on military …
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Collateral Damage
Free Times - Columbia,SC,USA
Many of the soldiers who are lucky enough to get home suffer tremendously with severe depression and PTSD more so than any other war, including Vietnam. …
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PTSD: A Medical Warning Sign for Long-term Health Problems
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise — Geisinger research finds that veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are as likely to have long-term health problems as …
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Helping Veterans Return From War and Prevent Suicide
WSHM-TV - Springfield,MA,USA
He he was distant and depressed, suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The Lucey’s sought help from the VA Medical Center where no …
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Ex-Marine Vanishes After Combat ‘Flashback’
ABC News - USA
Hall’s family told authorities that the ex-Marine suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from the bomb blast, which reportedly killed a …
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BTSD Part II: Bush Traumatic Shock Disorder-The Search For A Cure!!
The Spoof (satire) - UK
Mid-Twenty- somethings suffering from PTSD without any traumatic event in their lives led Dr CT Cobb to do a little math. Seventeen is the common age of …
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War is Coming Home
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by peacehq ( ffpindy [at] hotmail.com ) War is the disease of which PTSD and other mental illnesses that plague our soldiers and veterans are merely …
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Missing Marine may have had PTSD triggered by playing Call of Duty
SlashGear - Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Surely most people out there have seen at least one of the Rambo movies. Basically, you’ve got a Vietnam war vet that’s been through hell and comes home to …
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Breaking the Drug Taboo: Group of Traumatized Veterans Get …
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
An experimental study that treats PTSD veterans with the drug MDMA could make life after war a lot more livable. “We need to be positioning ourselves now to …
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Virtual Reality Used to Treat Traumatized Vets
Wall Street Journal - USA
Academic researchers and military docs are developing virtual reality simulators with the hope of treating PTSD by exposing veterans to video game-like …
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Knowledge for Nurses at Career Fair
Nurse.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
Those who attend Terk’s presentation, “Care of Patients with Acute PTSD†will be able to define PTSD; discuss current treatment options; …
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How high the toll before the war ends?
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
Even more worrisome to me was that more than 9 percent of 1706 soldiers who had not been injured nonetheless had PTSD. The implications of these data are …
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Charlotte Officials still Searching for Missing Ex-Marine
eFluxMedia - USA
Hall’s family believe the boy may be wandering in the nearby woods, as he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) under the impression that …
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BC-ME-GEN–Iraq-Soldier Trial, 1st Ld-Writethru,1108
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Culp also said military interrogators exploited his client’s PTSD when they interviewed him about the events. Dr. Rosemary Carr Malone, a Navy major, …
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 Easing their troubles
Journal Live - Newcastle upon Tyne,UK
He believes the scheme – which involves ex-service personnel with PTSD being referred to him by SSAFA – is the only one of its kind in the country. …
 A colourful way to reduce stress
Daily Mail - UK
Steve was diagnosed with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The strain of his illness has affected Sarah so badly that she was registered …
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PTSD, Charles Schulz, and Snoopy: A Super Paradox
Salem-News.Com - OR,USA
PTSD comes in many different forms. Some veterans become psychopathic killers. After all, they were trained to become this. Some become total recluses and …
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Private Battle, Part 2
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
Dubie says in addition to the casualties in Iraq, too many Vermonters suffer from PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injuries– or TBIs– which include concussions. …
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Mounting social distress among returning US troops
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
After returning from a tour in Iraq, where he had been assigned the task of handling dead bodies, O’Neil exhibited increasing paranoia and symptoms of PTSD. …
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EYE ON YOUR HEALTH: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
WINKNEWS.com - Fort Myers,FL,USA
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal, or after someone got hurt …
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Private Battle: Preview
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
And there are a few reasons: the constant danger and explosions in Iraq, more awareness about PTSD, and because the National Guard has been called to duty …
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Depression tied to early death
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
The same was not true, however, of people with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to the researchers, led by Dr Leslie S. Kinder …
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VFW Post Gets $150K For Repairs
Suffolk Life Newspapers - Riverhead,NY,USA
My son is 24 years old and is suffering from PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder]. He’s in a VA [Veterans Affairs] facility now. …
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PTSD vets tell their stories through dance
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
But then she began talking to veterans with PTSD. “I realized that disability is not necessarily visible, especially when you consider that traumatic brain …
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VETERANS JOURNAL - Second Wind Foundation Offers New Help for PTSD …
Black Enterprise - New York,NY,USA
The inception of the program follows the recent Department of Veterans Affairs reports that the number of veterans diagnosed with PTSD increased by almost …
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Mind-Brain Connection: PTSD and Concussions
GNIF Brain Blogger - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Nearly 44% of soldiers who lost consciousness were diagnosed with PTSD, compared with 27% of those who had concussions but remained conscious, …
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Private Battle, Part 1
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
He says some soldiers may have PTSD and not know it. A diagnosis could take years. “The more trauma you’re exposed to the more likely you will develop PTSD …
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Trauma: Emergency Resuscitation, Perioperative Anesthesia, and …
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
The chapter on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) emphasizes the importance of this disease process, not only in patients with traumatic brain injury but …
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Private Battle: Preview
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
Military officials say nearly half of all National Guard members suffer from PTSD or traumatic brain injuries caused by explosions in Iraq. …
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Suicide Rates at All-Time High Among Active-Duty Soldiers
Science in the Headlines - Washington,DC,USA
Those who were deployed and have PTSD in particular tend to report more symptoms and poorer health. PTSD often occurs in conjunction with other anxiety …
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Soldiers’ Murder Cases May be Joined
My Fox Colorado.com - Denver,CO,USA
That’s not PTSD. That’s just a human being without any respect for life.†Robert James, 23, was robbed, shot and killed and his body left in the parking lot …
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Stressed and Tired Have a New Name: CSS
CareStation - San Ramon,CA,USA
When these elevated hormone levels are coursing through your veins for a prolonged period, symptoms similar to post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, …
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