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VA clinicians offer guidelines for treating combat vets
From the modern Physician By Rich Daly Posted: June 13, 2012 – 10:45 am ET A newly published review of the healthcare needs of recent combat veterans aims to help public and private providers who care for them. A group of … 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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Vets Lost in Translation: From the Battlefield to the Office
From Time’s Battleland blog By NATE RAWLINGS Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/06/12/lost-in-translation-from-the-battlefield-to-the-office/#ixzz1xmsaFDPvPicture a young man who joined the military shortly after high school. As an infantryman, he shipped out several times over the past decade to a faraway country (sometimes to more … Continue reading
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Report: Hiring veterans is good business
From Stars and Stripes By Leo Shane WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and White House officials for months have been espousing the virtues of hiring veterans, saying they make exemplary civilian employees. Now, a new study suggests that companies are getting … Continue reading
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Options expand for wounded as more heal PTSD with alternative treatments
From Stars and Stripes By Matthew Burke Army Sgt. Angel Morrow watched as countless Marines and soldiers she knew were killed or maimed by improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan The woman they called “Momma Medic,” the medical … Continue reading
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Suicides Outpacing War Deaths for Troops
From the New York Times By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Published: June 8, 2012 The suicide rate among the nation’s active-duty military personnel has spiked this year, eclipsing the number of troops dying in battle and on pace to set a record annual … Continue reading
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Military Suicide Rate Surges To Nearly One Per Day This Year
From the Huffington Post by Robert Burns WASHINGTON — Suicides are surging among America’s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year – the fastest pace in the nation’s decade of war. The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in … Continue reading
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PTSD outcomes improve as US Army adds behavioral health screening to primary care
posted on: june 6, 2012 – 4:00pm FORT KNOX, Ky., June 6, 2012 – American Soldiers are reaping the rewards of an innovative Army program designed to identify and treat Soldiers at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression earlier by conducting … Continue reading
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June is PTSD Awareness Month
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health problem that can occur after someone goes through a traumatic event like war, assault, or disaster. This month is PTSD Awareness Month, and the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs are raising awareness about the problem, … Continue reading
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New effort at TCU focuses on combat veterans’ moral injuries
By CHRIS VAUGHN Fort Worth Star-Telegram Published: June 5, 2012 FORT WORTH — War changes people. That is indisputable. The changes differ infinitely, depending on the individuals, their background, age and maturity, their war, when they served, the place they served. … Continue reading
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