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Army to Renew Efforts to Combat High Suicide Rates
by Jeremy Schwartz Austin American-Statesman FORT HOOD — The Army chief of staff on Friday said he will dispatch top Army officials to major installations across the country to study suicide prevention efforts in hopes of lowering record suicide … Continue reading
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A beautiful Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Center, but is it enough?
VCS ED quoted. By GARY PETERSON AND MARK EMMONS Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Published: June 22, 2012 The new Mental Health Center at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital in Palo Alto, opens Friday, June 22. The Mental Health Center … Continue reading
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VA Supports Family and Friends Seeking to Encourage Vets to Get Mental Health Services
Media Campaign Promotes “Coaching Into Care” Program WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs recently completed a media campaign for its call center “Coaching Into Care,” a telephone service which provides assistance to family members and friends trying to encourage their Veteran … Continue reading
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Advanced Technology Identifies “Core” Brain Abnormality in Gulf War Illness
Written by Anthony Hardie, 91outcomes.com (91outcomes.com) – A discovery by a Minneapolis medical researcher may lead to a new test to help identify Gulf War Illness, a unique disease that affects 250,000 veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, according … Continue reading
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Skeptics doubt VA’s claim of breakthrough on claims backlog
By LEO SHANE III Stars and Stripes Published: June 19, 2012 WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials say they’re poised to make a major breakthrough on the department’s massive claims backlog, but skeptical lawmakers and veterans advocates say they’ve heard such proclamations … Continue reading
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Backlog of Disability Claims for Veterans Sends Democrat on a Tear
From the NYTimes At War blog By JAMES DAO On Tuesday, the House Veterans Affairs Committee held one of its perennial hearings on the ever-growing backlog of disability compensation claimspending before the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The usual polite questioning … Continue reading
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Disabled vets’ families fight VA over fiduciaries
By ERIC NALDER AND LISE OLSEN Houston Chronicle Published: June 18, 2012 Across the country, disabled veterans’ families are in bitter battles with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, trying to oust VA-appointed fiduciaries from their lives. Two attorneys, Doug Rosinski … Continue reading
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Purple Hearts for PTSD debated
By BARRIE BARBER Dayton Daily News Published: June 18, 2012 With more than 2 million service members returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury have become the signature wounds of both conflicts. But while … Continue reading
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Military, NFL team up to reduce shared stigma about concussions
By RICK MAESE The Washington Post Published: June 15, 2012 Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is one of several current and former NFL players who have partnered with the military to try to change the way both players and troops … Continue reading
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Suicides No. 2 cause of death in military
From USA Today By Gregg Zoroya Photo By Rafiq Maqbool, AP Since 2010, suicide has outpaced traffic accidents, heart disease, cancer, homicide and all other forms of death in the military besides combat, the report says. One in four non-combat … Continue reading
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