Traumatic brain injury program for Illinois veterans
IndiaPost.com - Union City,CA,USA
Many of the service members face multiple deployments and the number of Veterans suffering from TBI and battling PTSD is only growing as the wars in Iraq …
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Iraq veterans are denied help for combat trauma
Guardian Unlimited - UK
‘It can be difficult to convince [the MoD] because so much time has elapsed in many PTSD cases, but that is the nature of these illnesses,’ Marsh said. …
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Concussion Experienced During Active Duty Linked to Development of …
Insider Medicine - Kingston,Ontario,Canada
The survey included validated measures of physical health, depression, and PTSD. The investigators compared outcomes among injured soldiers who experienced …
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Study: War Concussions Increase Risk Of PTSD
AHN - USA
They were also asked about possible symptoms of PTSD, depression, and other medical complications. According to WebMD, the results showed that 15 percent of …
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Mild Head Injuries Tied to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
Symptoms of PTSD include irritability, sleep problems, and flashbacks. This study was not designed to detect common but subtle symptoms from brain damage, …
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Rita Watson: Challenges for returning vets
Providence Journal - Providence,RI,USA
When you factor in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that affects so many soldiers, even the strongest relationships will suffer. …
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PTSD, depression surfaces in war returnees
Beckley Register-Herald (subscription) - Beckley,WV,USA
PTSD, a post-war emotional roller-coaster first examined in Vietnam War veterans, covers a range of symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares and intrusive …
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Ms. Perrin Replies
Am J Psychiatry (subscription) - USA
To The Editor: Dr. Kelly’s comments highlight the importance of repeated exposure to gruesome situations in the risk of PTSD and provide a greater …
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Spouse Calls: Love doesn’t ensure happy ending
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
He said because of PTSD, he felt self-conscious and doubted my love. I have been trying very hard to forgive him, but it hurts so much. …
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Learned this week
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Many of the symptoms reported by the soldiers, such as sleep disturbances, memory loss and irritability, appeared related to PTSD and not to brain injury, …
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Study: Symptoms of GIs’ brain injuries, PTSD can be confused
USA Today - USA
Charles Hoge, a psychiatrist and epidemiologist who has conducted landmark research on PTSD.Problems exist with the Army’s method of defining mild TBI and …
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Returning Soldiers From Iraq At Risk Of PTSD
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Brantford,Ontario,Canada
These soldiers are also at an increased risk of developing PTSD. In total, up to 5% of the 2500 soldiers surveyed by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research …
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Study Links Vets’ Symptoms to PTSD, Not to Brain Injuries
eFluxMedia - USA
They were given questionnaires asking about missed war days and dozens of physical and emotional difficulties, as well as symptoms of PTSD. …
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Stress Disorder, Concussion Raise Risks for Iraq Vets
NewsHour - USA
Now, a study conducted by military doctors and praised by outside experts suggests that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and not the physical injuries …
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War Head Injuries: Long-Term Effects
TIME - USA
It seems obvious that living through the terrors of military combat would increase someone’s risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …
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War is Coming Home
Indymedia Estrecho - AndalucÃa,Ceuta y Melilla,Spain
War is the disease of which PTSD and other mental illnesses that plague our soldiers and veterans are merely symptoms. In my first column two months ago, …
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Yesterday in parliament
Guardian Unlimited - UK
At least 26 troops who served in Iraq or Afghanistan were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a three month period, figures released by …
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Trauma’s impact on US troops & Iraqis
Workers World - USA
According to the National Institute of Mental Health website, “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, (PTSD), is an anxiety disorder that can develop after …
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Uncomfortably numb
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
The US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) describes Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as “an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to …
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War concussion linked to PTSD among US soldiers
Xinhua - China
Nearly 44 percent of the soldiers who had the symptom were diagnosed as PTSD, about three times the rate found in soldiers with other injuries. …
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PTSD More of a Problem for Returning Soldiers
MyFox Kansas City - Kansas City,MO,USA
She said her younger son is in jail because of PTSD and she hopes the new study will help convince him he can be treated. “The night before he come home on …
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Combat veterans at risk
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Joe Fahy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Concussions among combat soldiers in Iraq were strongly associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, …
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Soldiers’ ills blamed on stress more than concussion
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Many symptoms they report appear to be related to PTSD, not mild traumatic brain injury, research finds. By Denise Gellene, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer …
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John Cory: By the Numbers
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
My friend Britta Reque-Dragicevic is writing a book on PTSD because she has come to know and care and wants to do something. Her sister has just completed a …
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Study: Soldiers’ stress linked to brain injury
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
“We found that the symptoms and health concerns that we expected to be due to the concussion actually proved to be more strongly related to PTSD” …
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Group organizing help for veterans
Mount Vernon News - Mount Vernon,OH,USA
Veterans of the Army Reserve and the National Guard are seeing PTSD rates as high as 40 percent, said Larry Waltman, spokesman for the newly organized …
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Deepwater man on trial for 96 sex-related crimes
Montgomery Herald - Montgomery,WV,USA
Dr. Aditya Sharma, who diagnosed the girls with PTSD and treated them for such, described “flashbacks and nightmares†of sexual molestation that they have …
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Wounds of the mind and heart: Rescuing the child soldier
San Francisco Bay View - San Francisco,CA,USA
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in people following the experience or witnessing of horrific events such as disaster casualties or motor …
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Distorted thinking on military mental health
Foreign Policy (subscription) - USA
It is accused of more or less painting veterans as murderers and sensationalizing the plight of those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …
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Illinois vets first to get mandatory screening for head injuries
Medill Reports - Chicago,IL,USA
Illinois vets from all wars will also have access to the TBI screening and the PTSD helpline. The traumatic brain injury screening tool was developed at the …
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Illinois Warriors Assistance Program includes TBI screenings and …
IGNN (press release) - IL,USA
“Many of our service members are facing multiple deployments and the number of Veterans suffering from TBI and battling PTSD is only growing as the wars in …
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Veterans help VA
The News-Review - Roseburg,OR,USA
Five members of the In Country Vets Motorcycle Club brought 14 boxes full of gifts, primarily for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. …
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Study: PTSD, not brain injury, may cause vets’ symptoms
CNN - USA
Forty-four percent of these soldiers ended up with PTSD. Researchers were surprised to find symptoms normally associated with concussions — headaches, …
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PTSD Is Main Cause of Vets’ Symptoms, Not Brain Injury
dBTechno - Boston,MA,USA
The big picture and point here is that the authors of the report want soldiers to know that PTSD and depression may be a major problem for their symptoms …
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Disentangling Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Stress Reactions
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA
If Hoge and colleagues had not assessed for PTSD and depression, the possible conclusion from this study would have been that mild traumatic brain injury is …
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More veterans returning home with PTSD
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
One in six veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from the disorder and one in three show symptoms of the disorder, also known as PTSD, …
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Authors Study Effects of War
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
The book is their second collaboration on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Hundreds of veterans of the nation’s last four major wars have committed …
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The State of the Wars, Military, and Veterans
Yahoo! News - USA
… from the largest suicide rate in 20 years to delayed onset of PTSD, which are both related to the length and number of deployments. …
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McCain: ‘There Will Be Other Wars’
Outside the Beltway - VA,USA
“And right now - we’re gonna have a lot of PTSD [post traumatic stress disorder] to treat, my friends,†he said. “We’re gonna have a lot of combat wounds …
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Lawmakers, Advocates Call on Bush for 9/11 Health Funds
New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
One in eight rescue workers enrolled in the World Trade Center health registry suffered from PTSD as a result of working at the site of the terrorist …
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Returning vets symposium planned
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
Caulfield said that PDVR/VRP has been working with providers of treatment for soldiers suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), …
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Treatment helps Ranger with PTSD rise above incident on plane …
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
“And they said my score was so bad, there was no way I could have that much PTSD.” Prosecutors dropped their request for a prison sentence for disrupting …
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In More US Court Cases, Combat Trauma Is Taking The Stand
Free Internet Press - New York,NY,USA
Born during the Vietnam War era, the combat version of what became known as the PTSD defense is being dusted off for a new generation of war veterans. …
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Trauma of Iraq too real for vets
GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA
Counselors at the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center also have seen an increase in PTSD cases. The hospital’s behavioral-health unit saw 1979 Vietnam …
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The Reality of Readjustment
Military.com - USA
Student veterans with extreme physical trauma are sent to MacDill Air Force Base, and those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are treated at the …
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Parents of Iowa veteran hope legislation will help prevent more …
Quad City Times - Davenport,IA,USA
“They will get the attention they need if they show a tendency or a sign or concern about PTSD,†Boswell said. The law also supports outreach and education …
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The toxic workplace: On the rise
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
TTC drivers, who report these problems more than any other workers in Ontario, suffered PTSD at a rate four times that of Toronto police officers, …
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Possible PTSD Legislation
WDIO-TV - Duluth,MN,USA
In an hour long emotional meeting, Cheryl Softich and Congressman Jim Oberstar discussed the troubles facing our soldiers. Rep. …
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Today’s news in health
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman’s office issued a critical report on PTSD that contained 31 recommendations for …
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Today’s news in health
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman’s office issued a critical report on PTSD that contained 31 recommendations for …
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Today’s news in health
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman’s office issued a critical report on PTSD that contained 31 recommendations for …
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Today’s news in health
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman’s office issued a critical report on PTSD that contained 31 recommendations for …
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Today’s news in health
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman’s office issued a critical report on PTSD that contained 31 recommendations for …
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House Subcommittee Considers VA Health Care Bills
U.S. Medicine - Washington,DC,USA
“Thirty per cent of veterans returning are being diagnosed with PTSD. Less than half of those are receiving the care they require. …
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Today’s news in health
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman’s office issued a critical report on PTSD that contained 31 recommendations for …
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Today’s news in health
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman’s office issued a critical report on PTSD that contained 31 recommendations for …
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VA says disability claim rare
Press-Register - al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
… course on April 21, 1975, and also reflects that a VA analyst has since diagnosed him as having PTSD as a result of the waterboarding that he described. …
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Ombudsman probes how PTSD affecting troops returning from Kandahar …
The Canadian Press -
In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman’s office issued a critical report on PTSD that contained 31 recommendations for …
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More must be done for PTSD vets, panel says
NavyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA
Most veterans receiving disability benefits for PTSD and other mental health issues are from the Vietnam era, but Scott said VA needs to be prepared for …
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Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Caused PTSD, Lawsuit Claims
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
Medtronic has been sued by a man who says a faulty Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Lead caused him to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). …
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Trauma workshop today
PSU Daily Vanguard - Portland,OR,USA
Posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is, according to the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs, a psychiatric stress disorder that follows …
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72000 American casualties: toll of war on terror
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
It also showed 52375 veterans had been diagnosed with PTSD and 34138 have received approval for disability claims for the psychological disorder. …
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Our Montana National Guard members need our help
Liberty County Times - Chester,MT,USA
We have other families who are facing a financial crisis because of issues related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Members have been unwilling to …
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Military tactics no use against drugs
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery,AL,USA
There is no sane, logical explanation for ever placing an Iraq war veteran, who might have a real bad case of PTSD, in charge of provocative, rebellious, …
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Iraq vet kicked out of treatment may be jailed
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The court had ordered treatment for PTSD instead of jail after Tony Klecker killed a teen in a drunk-driving accident. Tony Klecker, who killed a teenager …
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The FREAK-est Links
New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
Is PTSD the only result for Iraq veterans? Just how dangerous is personal data on the Internet? (Earlier) How do people describe themselves with one word? …
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Screw the Bandaids. Pull the Goddam Knife Out
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
… the subprime mortgage crisis, the 47 million without health insurance, the hundreds of thousand of troops coming home with head injuries or PTSD… and …
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Letters - Wednesday
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Some suggest that members of the military and veterans make fraudulent PTSD claims to obtain Veteran’s Administration “lifelong†benefits. …
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Charity to combat soldier mental health issues
Craegmoor News - UK
The charity will offer a dynamic treatment to military personnel who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a result of experiencing upsetting …
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‘War is Coming Home’ to roost in our lives
The Rolla Daily News - MO, United States
As Lawrence Sherman, director of the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology remarked, “The real tragedy in these veterans’ cases is that, where PTSD is a factor, …
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Bringing the war home
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
With Canadian soldiers continuing to die in Afghanistan and NATO commanders facing new US criticism of their fighting tactics there, Kevin Patterson thinks …
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EDITORIAL: In sickness and in health
McGill Tribune (subscription) - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Thousands of former Canadian soldiers like Bell suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-and that number will only grow with long-term Canadian …
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PTSD Combat and Suicide: The Price of Battle
Salem-News.Com - OR,USA
I have written before in several PTSD articles that the VA has not and can not provide adequate services to even a small fraction of PTSD veterans. …
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More mental health woes for the US military
Foreign Policy Passport - USA
He doesn’t disagree: I can’t completely, honestly say that, yes, PTSD was the sole cause of what I did. I don’t want to use it as a crutch. …
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New charity for military
Charities Aid Foundation - West Malling,England,UK
With military personnel often experiencing horrific events while in action, it is no surprise that many develop of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in …
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Psychologist’s book dissects trauma of war
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
What inspired your interest in this area of psychology — war/combat/conflict and PTSD? A My cousin, Marcia Gates, an Army nurse, was a prisoner of war in …
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Charity to help war veterans
The Press Association -
Many men and women suffer from some form of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and the PTSD Resolution Project has been set up to offer help …
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The Toll - 1/20/08 - The Dilemma of Veterans’ Crimes
Gather.com - Boston,MA,USA
While the signature wounds from our current wars are brain injuries, in the form of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD’s), as in Walter’s case, …
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PTSD trebles among troops
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
There has been a threefold increase in new cases of self reported post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among combat-exposed military personnel since 2001 …
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Veterans battling PTSD, depression
Times-West Virginian - Fairmont,WV,USA
It’s not only the nearly 3000 of the state’s 6400 veterans of those conflicts who are affected by PTSD or depression, said Dr. Joseph R. Scotti. …
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Iraq War’s punishing toll on veterans
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
About one in six of the 750000 US veterans who have been to the Middle East have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, according to …
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Back from war, but not the same
Houston Chronicle - United States
But even those who do not have PTSD can benefit from counseling, he added. Velasquez said he resisted at first, but because of the free medical service he …
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Tester: More must be done for veterans
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
The letter cited a McClatchy News Service report that found Montana’s Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have been given PTSD disability ratings far below those …
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JRRD Publishes Review of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Mild …
Newswise (press release) - USA
Based on recent studies of combat veterans, brain injury, acute stress disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been linked. …
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PTSD Triples Among Military
PsychCentral.com - Boston,MA,USA
Wednesday, Jan. 16 (Psych Central) — Self-reported post-traumatic stress disorder has elevated 3-fold among combat-exposed military personnel since 2001, …
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Senators call for inquiry into vets’ mental-health care
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
PTSD cases are ranked by severity with a 100 rating being the most severe; and Finally, the Rocky Mountain District, including Montana, ranked last in what …
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Agenda Over Women’s Health: LAT Continues Abortion Falsehoods
NewsBusters - USA
Second - The Times is also grossly irresponsible to deny that abortion causes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in many women. …
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Changing thought patterns crucial in treating Post Traumatic …
U.S. European Command (press release) - Stuttgart,Germany
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, occurs when a person gets “stuck” in the grip of that fear. The cause, though not completely understood, …
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Veterans tell Tester concerns about care
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
“There are too many people coming back from Iraq with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms who are left to self-medicate,” Vietnam veteran Pete …
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RX for Big Pharma - heal thyself. Hey, try this pill.
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
As reported by the Washington Post and the Guardian, as far as PTSD alone is concerned, some docs already see MDMA as potentially lifesaving, a true wonder …
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Montana senators call for investigation into VA mental health care
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
A letter has been drafted to the VA Inspector General, asking for a thorough review of any ’significant disparity’ in post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD …
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Fuel on the fire: adding more war vets to the nation’s PTSD population
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Victims of violent crime, catastrophic events and war, children in particular, have a high incidence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), …
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Army Secretary Vows More Support for Deployed, Families
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
The Army also is working beef up psychiatric treatment for soldiers, especially recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, Geren said. …
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Husband Abandons Young Wife for the “Free Love” Movement
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Ella learned through years of counseling that she had been suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD, Dissociative Identity …
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Caring for Mental Health
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
A person must be exposed to a traumatic event to suffer from PTSD and the symptoms must be present for a year or greater. But even this is not a complete …
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Vets Cleared to Sue US over PTSD Claims
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
… San Francisco has cleared the way for a major national class action lawsuit on behalf of veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). …
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Study: Majority of Sderot children exhibit symptoms of post …
Ha’aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
The study found 28 percent of adults and 30 percent of children in Sderot have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study was conducted by Dr. Rony …
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Price tag is $52 million for one new school; PTSD bond vote date …
Port Townsend Leader - Port Townsend,WA,USA
By Blythe Lawrence, Leader Staff Writer The Port Townsend School District 50 Board of Directors has not yet set a date when voters could be asked to pay a …
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More Vets Diagnosed With PTSD
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Brantford,Ontario,Canada
January 16 2008 - Results of a new study finds that the rate of post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD has trippled amongst war veterans since 2001. …
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Video game helps Iraq war veterans battle post-traumatic stress
Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA
… at the University of Southern California are using to help war veterans deal with the debilitating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. …
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Readers’ Forum: Jan. 15, 2008
Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute,IN,USA
Many of us remember, and had to live with, the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that arose after Vietnam. Warfare has now escalated to such a highly …
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Federal Judge Permits Class-Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against VA
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
The ruling affirms the rights of veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to sue in federal court over the huge backlog of claims, …
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PTSD and Murder Among Newest Veterans
Yahoo! News - USA
The trend of our newest veterans being involved in killings on the homefront can be largely attributed to four letters — PTSD. Our failure to properly …
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The Wacko-Vet Myth
The Weekly Standard - USA
It also quoted criminologist Lawrence W. Sherman: “The real tragedy in these veterans’ cases is that, where PTSD is a factor, it is highly treatable. …
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Article on Veterans Committing Murder Stirs Debate
Newsweek - USA
Writing for the Huffington Post he used the article as a launching pad for highlighting the continued issue of PTSD among veterans. …
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in Brief
Annals of Family Medicine - USA
This study describes factors related to depression or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among pregnant Latinas in Los Angeles, California, …
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What do the Presidential Candidates offer Veterans?
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
Will help for PTSD be made available to veterans for their entire lives or only in the first few years after discharge? Many veterans never admit to PTSD …
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Soldier haunted by war, leaving comrades on front
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg,SC,USA
In 2005, he was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and has since been medically discharged and denied entrance into any military programs, …
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Traumatised veterans ‘have killed 120 in US’
Independent - London,England,UK
The disorder has been a major concern since veterans’ associations found that 15 per cent of Vietnam vets still suffered from PTSD a decade after the …
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Echoes Of Foreign Battles Heard In Vets’ Crimes
TheDay - New London,CT,USA
Today the focus is on PTSD, but military health care officials are seeing a spectrum of psychological issues, with an estimated half of the returning …
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Majority of Psychiatric Patients Suffer from More Than One Disorders
MedIndia - Chennai,India
Patients with principal diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and bipolar disorder had the highest number of diagnoses. …
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Across US, lines of battle remain blurry for some veterans
Houston Chronicle - United States
A well-respected and decorated non-commissioned officer who did not want to endanger his chances for advancement, O’Neil did not seek help for the PTSD that …
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Veterans Day in Court
TIME - USA
The suit claims that the VA violates the constitutional rights of PTSD victims by denying them medical care and benefits as well as the power to hire …
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Most psychiatric patients have more than 1 diagnosis
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
Patients with principal diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and bipolar disorder had the highest number of diagnoses. …
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Yoga Nidra: Pretzel-free relaxation
IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA
The protocol is being used at Walter Reed Army Hospital with active duty soldiers suffering from PTSD, insomnia and anxiety from wartime experiences. …
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Study: September 11 Caused PTSD, Extreme Anxiety
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
Her team found that within a few days after the attacks, 10.7% of the individuals suffered from some form of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) including …
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Desensitizing Soldiers to Horrors of War Could Distort Their …
MedIndia - Chennai,India
This guilt manifests itself as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and it has damaged the lives of thousands of men who performed their duty in combat.
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Veterans’ groups win PTSD ruling
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
… veterans’ civil rights by taking too long to provide mental-health care and disability benefits, and in some cases denying them completely, for PTSD. …
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Shocking Details About Men Charged with Roscoe Soldier Murder
WIFR - Rockford,IL,USA
“I hear them talk of PTSD That’s no excuse. They made a conscious choice to pull that trigger,” says Debra Pearson, Kevin Shields’ mother. …
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World Trade Center Causing Heart Problems
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
… traumatic stress disorder after 9/11. This study has found that for those that suffered from PTSD had more than double the risk of suffering heart problems.
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Local Veteran Receives Recognition Six Decades Later
WNBC - New York,NY,USA
Hall said that all members of the military must be screened for PTSD when they are discharged, not just those who show signs of problems or ask to be …
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Hughes on Future Neurotech for Future Problem Solvers
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies - Hartford,CT,USA
The case of PTSD” Neurotechnology – Neurotechnology is technology that makes it possible to manipulate the brain. Already one young patient has had a chip …
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Blame stress for just about everything
Hindustan Times - India
Researchers now say these brain changes are at the heart of the link between stress and depression as well as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …
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Notable cases involving Carson vets
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Marquez’s public defenders attempted to introduce PTSD as a possible defense, but dropped the effort when a judge ruled against them, court records show. …
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Predictors of Enduring PTSD After an Industrial Disaster
Psychiatric Services (subscription) - USA
Fifteen months after the explosion, the 200 participants who responded to the second survey were sent the same questionnaire assessing PTSD symptoms, …
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WELCOME TO THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY
Scientific American - USA
Meanwhile, studies in adults with post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) related to either early childhood abuse or adult traumas like combat have found …
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Understanding the have-knots: The role of stress in just about …
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
And recent research shows that PTSD may be the result of stressors adding up like building blocks, remodeling the plastic brain in a cumulative rather than …
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Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Among Toronto Hospital Workers …
Psychiatric Services (subscription) - USA
Only one health care worker who identified the SARS experience as a traumatic event was diagnosed as having PTSD. New episodes of psychiatric disorders …
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Collateral damage: The murder of Richard Davis
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
Much was made of the influence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – mental instability provoked by war – on their actions. In this interview, his only …
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City reservist gets three years for sex assault on recruit
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
… has been damaged irreversibly,” she said, telling court she now suffers from depression and is being treated for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …
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Phoebe to get funds for PTSD
Albany Herald On-line - Albany,GA,USA
By some federal estimates, about 18 percent of war veterans have PTSD, sometimes referred to as “shell shock.†“There is a menacing, silent, deadly illness …
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Center for war stress on drawing board
Moultrie Observer - Moultrie,GA,USA
An estimated one in five men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan will suffer the effects of PTSD at some point in their lives, said Bishop’s press …
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Soldier sentenced to 3 year’s prison
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
… damaged irreversibly,†she said, telling court she now suffers from depression and is currently being treated for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …
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Recruit relieved at soldier’s 3-year sentence
CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada
She said she’s tried to commit suicide and is being treated for PTSD. “I have forgiven him for what he’s done, even if he won’t admit what he has done,” …
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Women are serving with honor in Iraq
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
This isn’ta case of PTSD, it’s a case of concurrent receipt. I’m sure the VA will award her at least a 50 percent disability rating, which means her …
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Retired Air Force Major Offers Hope and Understanding to Returning …
Christian News Wire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, roughly thirty percent of these soldiers can expect to experience PTSD sometime in their lifetime. …
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Post Traumatic Stress
KSPR - Springfield,MO,USA
As the global war on terror sends more troops on longer and more frequent deployments, PTSD is having a devastating impact on the military family. Maj. …
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Continue to serve
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
As many as one in five Iraq veterans meets the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. And if this war has a signature wound, it’s traumatic brain injury. …
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Scocos looks ahead on veterans issues in 2008
Wisconsin Radio Network - Madison,WI,USA
“And when we talk about new programs we need to look at how we can continue to work with PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – also the Traumatic Brain …
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Fairness for vets
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
They’ve been to war, and they’ve come home with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other serious mental ailments. The Department of Veterans Affairs …
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Reservists hard hit by public antipathy to war
Times Online - UK
It found that as many as 6 per cent, or about 700, of the 12000 reservists who have served in Iraq may be suffering from PTSD and that rates of depression …
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Brit Probably Bipolar
TMZ.com - Glendale,CA,USA
PTSD can manifest years after a single traumatic event, and may be triggered by a situation that seems similar. With those who have undergone trauma, …
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Soldier faces huge hurdles recovering from wounds
Midland Daily News - Midland,MI,USA
Now he’s part of the Wounded Warrior Program at Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Bragg, NC His injuries are serious and besides PTSD include traumatic …
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Problems with the post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis and its …
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription) - UK
Yet, applications of the PTSD ‘model’ have been extended to an increasing array of events and human reactions across diverse cultures. …
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Presidential Candidates On Veterans, Part II
Newsweek - USA
… post contains five more front-runners: JOHN EDWARDS: In November Edwards laid out a $400 million, five-point plan to aid in treating veterans with PTSD. …
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Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Press Releases January 2008
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
Studies carried out in the year after the disaster reported a significant prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but little is known about its …
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More women soldiers return with PTSD
United Press International - USA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) — Thousands of US military women are serving in what amounts to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and large numbers of them are …
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Veterans and PTSD
Windy City Times - Chicago,IL,USA
Evan Kanter, MD, Ph.D., staff psychiatrist in the PTSD Outpatient Clinic of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, said, “The most common [ of mental …
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Son’s suicide prompts mother of Iraq vet to act
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
She said that although he grappled with PTSD, he would also routinely would miss his counseling appointments. Softich thinks there should be a “Noah …
PTSD Vets Montana: Oncoming Disaster
Salem-News.Com - OR,USA
… a travesty above and beyond the comprehension of me and probably any and all combat survivors and especially those with mind and soul destroying PTSD. …
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Mental toll of war hitting female servicemembers
USA Today - USA
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The military’s mental toll of war has historically hit men. But more women are joining these ranks. …
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Soldiers at war can escape blast shrapnel, yet suffer brain injuries
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Anger outbursts, in particular, can be a sign of concussion, or PTSD, said Dr. Evan Kanter, a psychiatrist who works at the University of Washington and the …
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Shock Wave: When the Guard comes home
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The symptoms of brain injury can mimic, or overlap with, PTSD, a phenomenon the military has only recently begun to address. The military is sufficiently …
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A soldier’s words push a mother to act
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Raising awareness about PTSD is a mission of the post, which was chartered in April and has about 35 members: A lot of Vietnam vets are saying, …
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Scientists Probe PTSD Effects, Treatments
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 5 million individuals in the United States have PTSD in any given year. …
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From the Jungles of Southeast Asia to the Deserts of Southwest …
PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA
Tripwire strips away the falsehoods and specters that PTSD embeds in its victims, forcing it into the light of truth where it can be seen for what it really …
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Violent attacks trigger post-traumatic stress
ic Wales - United Kingdom
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating consequence of having been involved in, or witnessing, alarming events, from natural disasters to …
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‘Returning home is a unique experience for each soldier’
Muncie Star Press - Muncie,IN,USA
Not everyone who has been in combat automatically suffers from PTSD, he said, “but it is common.” “One of things most important (to returning veterans) is …
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FIGHTING AN ONGOING WAR
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
… the troops readjust to civilian life and treating any fallout from their year in Afghanistan — particularly post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. …
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Treatment of the victims of trauma
Adv Psychiatric Treat (subscription) - USA
[Abstract/Free Full Text] National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (2005) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Management of PTSD in Adults and …
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California center offers free therapy for veterans with PTSD
KOAA - Pueblo,CO,USA
Returning troops can now get help for drug and alcohol addiction for free, thanks to a California rehab center that’s decided to step in and help addicted …
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Statistics contradict praise of mental health programs Mental …
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
On the more specific measurement of treating post-traumatic stress disorder, the Rocky Mountain region was last in the number of specialized PTSD treatment …
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At Fort Monroe, let history provide a blueprint
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Let Fort Monroe lead the way in treating PTSD and TBI, from whatever source, by partnering with the Veterans Administration hospital, Hampton University …
US police slogan: Go out, Cause PTSD
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
The US police face a new scandal after revelation that the slogan of one its academies is ‘Cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)’. …
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Police academy slogan stirs controversy with veterans
KTVB - Boise,ID,USA
“Don’t suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it.” The police academy’s director was mortified when he learned about the slogan. A local counselor who sees many …
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ID police academy ‘mortified’ by PTSD slogan
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
The program read, “Don’t suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it.” Jeff Black, who heads up the academy in Meridian, Idaho, where the latest class graduated …
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Acquired brain injuries can stop PTSD
Craegmoor News - UK
“It appears that if you have damage to either of those areas, you’re not likely to develop PTSD,” said Dr Grafman of the research team. …
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Government ignores veteran and soldier suicides
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
An Iraq war veteran suffering PTSD, he tried to check himself in to a VA psychiatric unit in Minnesota. With the aid of his parents, he explained to his …
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Virginia AMVETS post named for Iraq veteran who committed suicide
Dickinson Press - Dickinson,ND,USA
“In naming this post Noah C. Pierce AMVETS Post 33, we wish to give Noah a fitting memorial, raise community and public awareness of PTSD and in some way …
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The following editorial appeared Saturday in the Chicago Tribune:
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
Under this law any person in the Military or Veteran that has seeked mental help (PTSD) will not be allowed to own a weapon. It’s been tried before in …
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No veteran left behind
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
“PTSD is the signature injury of this current war,” Verga said. “I don’t think there’s anything that can match it.” Verga said the committee is working on a …
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Letter: A Call To Soldiers
Yankton Daily Press (subscription) - Yankton,SD,USA
These wounds, commonly known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), run deeper than any cut to the flesh and must be treated in order to live a full and …
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Emotional Support Dog Helps In PTSD Recovery
WKRC TV Cincinnati - Cincinnati,OH,USA
Michelle completed a seven-week residential PTSD program, leaving with a new sense of confidence that the worst of her fears were behind her. …
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Certain brain injuries reduce PTSD risk
United Press International - USA
The participants were classified as either having developed PTSD at some point in their lifetime or having never developed PTSD. Computerized tomography …
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Paging Dr. Fear
Popular Science - New York,NY,USA
It could relieve soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or rid sexual abuse and rape victims of haunting memories. …
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‘Every year … we celebrate ‘Thank God I’m Alive Day’ ‘
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
Sunday: Suffering from PTSD after sustained combat in Baghdad, Christopher Kilian nearly landed in jail after returning home to Fieldbrook, Calif. …
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Tiger escapes, kills visitor and injures 2
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
This class came up with “Don’t suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it.” The disorder is blamed for nightmares, flashbacks and physical symptoms that make …
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Enthusiasm greets veterans’ art show
The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield,MA,USA
“I went down there complaining about my hearing and found out I had PTSD,” Tencza said. “When you’re over there and you get involved in really horrible, …
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Idaho police academy ‘mortified’ by gung-ho PTSD slogan
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
The slogan, “Don’t suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it,” was emblazoned on the Dec. 14 graduation programs for 43 officers who completed the Idaho Police …
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Police Academy Class Slogan: Cause PTSD
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
According to the Veterans Association, tens of thousands of US soldiers suffer from PTSD, which causes nightmares, flashbacks and physical symptoms that …
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Coping with post-traumatic stress disorder during holidays
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
People with PTSD may have difficulties experiencing certain emotions, especially positive emotions. A person with PTSD may know that an event is enjoyable …
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PTSD Payments Vary State to State
Military.com - USA
Of those, more than 31000 have PTSD. Given the number of troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, that’s likely a fraction of what the total will be. …
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Health Highlights: Dec. 23, 2007
Washington Post - United States
People who have certain brain injuries are less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study of combat-exposed Vietnam War veterans …
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Wounded Island soldier struggles with post-traumatic stress
CBC Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island,Canada
His PTSD was diagnosed last month. PTSD is an anxiety disorder that give sufferers intense, prolonged feelings of fright and distress for no clear reason. …
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Dharamsala project to test Tibetan meditations efficacy against PTSD
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Based on the results of the study, a new means for treating victims of PTSD and combat soldiers returning from war or victims of natural disasters like …
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‘I believed in the commandment ‘thou shalt not kill’ ‘
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
Nearly 20 percent of Vietnam veterans suffer from PTSD, according to a 2006 study published in the journal Science. An anxiety disorder brought on by trauma …
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Head wounds can stop stress disorders, study shows
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The study raises the prospect of new treatments for PTSD, using drugs and other therapies to dampen down regions of the brain that become overactive in …
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Gary woman is paying her blessings forward
Gary Post Tribune - Gary,IN,USA
It all caught up to him earlier this year when he couldn’t shake the nightmares and the sadness; he had post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. …
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Study suggests some brain injuries reduce the likelihood of post …
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
PTSD involves the persistent reliving of a traumatic experience through nightmares and flashbacks that may seem real. Twenty percent to 30 percent of …
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White City center helps vets combat the enemy within
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
About 12 to 20 percent of soldiers and Marines had PTSD after serving in Iraq, compared to 6 to 11 percent of Afghanistan veterans. …
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Be ashamed of veterans’ shabby treatment
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
But many of the VA hospitals didn’t have the PTSD programs that experts say are vital. Soldiers returning from Iraq are allowed to slip unnoticed into their …
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Number of jailed soldiers jumps in Springs
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
It was the fifth straight year with an increase in the number of soldiers being diagnosed with PTSD. “You talk to some of these guys and you sense a lot of …
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More Good News from Iraq
Gather.com - Boston,MA,USA
These stats don’t take into account the worsening tragedy of returning vets with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Army said that since the US went …
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Vets who have PTSD can get help in Modesto
Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA
Modesto will soon have a center to serve a most deserving population — combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and their families. …
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No Peace For Peacekeepers
Torontoist - Ontario, Canada
There is a prominence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in peacekeepers, suggests a new study [PDF] that also tries to shed light on …
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McClatchy Analysis Reveals State-to-State Variance in Mental …
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
McClatchy found that PTSD ratings — which range from 0 to 100 — are far more likely to be higher at certain regional offices. The analysis showed that …
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Former security guard retains $2m payout
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A former Nationwide News security guard who developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following years of racial abuse by his supervisor has retained a …
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Is The Military Neglecting PTSD Troops?
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
Veterans advocates say it’sa military-wide problem, where symptoms of PTSD - from substance-abuse to rage to suicidal depression - are misdiagnosed or …
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The War Over PTSD
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
“I’ve never had a guy in my unit develop PTSD,” one senior general from Iraq told me. ‘It’s nonsense.” “You’re only scratching the surface,” of cases from …
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Veterans’ disability payments for post-traumatic stress disorder …
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Judging a condition such as PTSD, however, can be difficult, he said. So far, 1.5 million Americans have served in the global war on terrorism, …
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Actually, I Support Yesterday’s FCC’s Cross-Ownership Decision
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
… there would be less news about Britney (and her preggo sister), and more investigations about “stolen elections,” guys back from Iraq with bad PTSD, …
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My Twin’s have been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder
Gather.com - Boston,MA,USA
They both are Bipolar with my daughter also having Schizoaffective Disorder and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). I thought I would share today with …
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Canadian peacekeepers also get PTSD
United Press International - USA
“The high rates of depression observed in deployed veterans can have a significant impact when they seek treatment for PTSD because depression must be …
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AMVETS Remember Soldier & Raise Awarness For PTSD
Northland’s NewsCenter - Duluth,MN,USA
By KBJR News 1 AMVETS Post 33 in Virginia now bears the name of Noah Pierce, a soldier from Gilbert who suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, …
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Local Start-Up Acquires Portfolio of Potential New Drugs Through …
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
… insomnia, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The agreement with the University of Nebraska Medical Center is the company’s second in six months. …
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Launch of Resolution - a New National Charity for Military PTSD …
The Open Press (press release) - USA
We have a network of 150 practitioners, highly experienced in this kind of PTSD work, so we can usually arrange treatment reasonably close to where you live …
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Ancient ways go around the world
Prescott Daily Courier - Prescott,AZ,USA
By Derek Meurer, The Daily Courier PRESCOTT - To Navajo medicine man Albert Laughter post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a curse. …
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Tibetan meditation and post-traumatic stress disorder
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Researchers are working with women diagnosed with PTSD who live in Amethyst House, a women’s treatment program for alcohol and drug addiction in Columbus. …
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War experience turns graduate in new direction
Dothan Eagle - Dothan,AL,USA
Fisher said more attention should be paid to PTSD and other disorders soldiers often experience after serving in the war. She said her own experience of …
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Boxer and Lieberman Pleased Defense Authorization Bill Includes …
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
… Armed Forces are afforded the finest treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury and mental health conditions, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). …
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Veterans Affairs Center soon to open in Heights
Killeen Daily Herald - Killeen,TX,USA
… will offer a number of services to combat veterans including: readjustment counseling for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), understanding PTSD, …
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Predicting Post-traumatic Stress Disorders In Deployed Veterans
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Psychiatrist J. Donald Richardson and his co-investigators also found that PTSD rates and severity were associated with younger age, single marital status …
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E. Everett McFall’s Book Demands Attention!
Gather.com - Boston,MA,USA
If you read nothing else, but the two pages, “The Valley of Despair, aka PTSD,” you will come face to face with a man’s deepest despair! …
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UNCUT CRITIC: In which we outline the weekend’s forbidden fruit on …
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
But when loud fake guns do a cameo in two current productions (and in a sketchy, post-9/11, mall-shooter world), some of us PTSD-types might like a little …
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Senate Committee Endorses VA Secretary Nominee James Peake
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
Peake also said he would consider automatic acceptance of claims for PTSD by veterans with records that prove symptoms of the disorder. …
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Prediction In Deployed Veterans
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
The rates of probable PTSD were 11% for those deployed once and 15% for those deployed more than once. The authors also found soldiers were more likely to …
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No Shortage of Recruits
Strategy Page - USA
During World War II, it was found that 200 days was the average combat exposure a soldier suffered before starting to experience debilitating PTSD …
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Galloway: Disgraceful treatment of veterans stains America’s honor
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
But many of VA hospitals didn’t have the special PTSD programs that experts say are vital. Soldiers returning from Iraq are allowed to slip unnoticed into …
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Veterans’ lawsuit moves forward
abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of veterans suffering from combat stress disorders like PTSD. “With all the experience I’ve had with the VA so far, …
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‘The American Veteran’ Targets TBI and PTSD
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
A second feature looks at the services available to any combat veteran suffering from the often debilitating effects of PTSD, as well as the benefits of …
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Full Text
Science Magazine (subscription) - USA
For example, the gold standard treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is cognitive behavior therapy that involves repeatedly and intentionally …
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Residents Hit By Hurricane Katrina Suffer Mental Illness
Medscape (subscription) - USA
Researchers used the K6 screening scale of anxiety mood disorders and the Trauma Screening Questionnaire for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …
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Area veterans cope with post traumatic stress
KCBY.com 11 - North Bend,OR,USA
But he says, it can be treated and SOVO does offer resources like licensed psychiatrists and peer counselors to help veterans with PTSD and to let them know …
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Clinton To Bush:Rescind 9/11 Veto Threat
Wave of Long Island (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and other health effects have also been diagnosed among many of those who were exposed.
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Stress, depression high among Canadian peacekeepers
Western News - London,Ontario,Canada
By Communications Staff Canada’s peacekeepers suffer similar rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) as combat, war-zone soldiers, according to a …
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Hollywood wrongly depicting veterans
Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA
The recent letter to the editor by a writer about PTSD and depression leading to homelessness among our veterans has prompted me to write. …
 County news briefs: Kish YMCA names new CFO
MidWeek - DeKalb,IL,USA
In 2005, after being moved by a news account of veterans of Iraq who had committed suicide, Meagher began collecting media reports of combat-related PTSD …
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