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A Tale of Two Diagnoses: Records Show How Army Doctors Downgrade PTSD

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Team VCS

From Seattle Weekly.com By Keegan Hamilton Fri., Aug. 10 2012 at 6:00 AM How does one doctor diagnose an Iraq war veteran with PTSD while another says the same soldier has a less severe condition called adjustment disorder? Medical records shared by … Continue reading →

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Military bonds draw veterans to mental health jobs

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Team VCS

By Maria LaMagna (CNN) – Things probably should have turned out differently for Samantha Schilling. The stories she tells have dark beginnings and could have had, under different circumstances, dark endings — as so many stories for those in the military do. Schilling, … Continue reading →

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Army to stop using forensic psychiatrists to evaluate soldiers diagnosed with PTSD

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Team VCS

  From The Seattle Time By Hal Brenton The Army no longer will use forensic psychiatrists to evaluate soldiers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and under consideration for medical retirement, a change resulting from an investigation of a screening team … Continue reading →

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Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Urged Into Mental Health Treatment By Telephone Motivational Interviewing

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Team VCS

From Medical News Today A brief therapeutic intervention called motivational interviewing, administered over the telephone, was significantly more effective than a simple “check-in” call in getting Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with mental health diagnoses to begin treatment for their conditions, in … Continue reading →

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Survey: Veterans valued but often misunderstood

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Spokesman-Review by Chelsea Bannach While Americans generally value and respect veterans, they also misunderstand them in some respects, a recently released survey found. The nearly 2.4 million post-9/11 veterans are viewed as national assets who are lauded by the … Continue reading →

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Disabled Veteran Says United Airlines Staff Kicked His Service Dog, Asked If He Was ‘Retarded’

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Huffington Post by Laura Hibbard Jim Stanek, a disabled veteran and Paws and Stripes cofounder, claims United Airlines staff physically abused his service dog, Sarge, and verbally abused him during an unexpected 3-day layover at Dulles International Airport outside … Continue reading →

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Military sex assault victims’ PTSD claims neglected, panel told

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Boston Herald by Jamie Goldberg   WASHINGTON – Ruth Moore described herself as a “vivacious” 18-year-old serving in the U.S. Navy when, she says, a superior raped her outside a club in Europe. After that, she attempted suicide … Continue reading →

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Report:DOD and VA Do Not Adequately Track PTSD Treatment Successes

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Team VCS

From Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Despite millions spent treating post-traumatic stress disorder, defense and Veterans Affairs officials have little idea how effective those programs are because they don’t track cases closely enough, a new report contends. Officials from the … Continue reading →

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Army, VA partner for PTSD drug study

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Frederick News Post by Courtney Mabeus An Army office at Fort Detrick and a veterans program are teaming up to study drugs that could help treat combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder. The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity’s Neurotrauma and Psychological … Continue reading →

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Will PTSD By Any Other Name Bring More Troops to Treatment?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Team VCS

by Aaron Levin From PsychiatryOnline While two generals and two psychiatrists disagree over diagnostic language, they do agree about the crucial need to get troops with posttraumatic stress disorder into care. The general wants to change one word. The psychiatrist … Continue reading →

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