Tag Archives: mental health

May 6, VCS in the News: Vet Advocate, Politicians Disagree Over Protection for Soldiers

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Team VCS

May 5, 2009 – Top U.S. Army officials say the Department of Defense took a revolutionary approach to helping wounded soldiers when the first 35 Warrior Transition Units opened nearly two years ago. Today, the Army boasts of 36 such … Continue reading →

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Apr 30, PTSD News: 1.3 Million WWII Veterans Hospitalized with Mental Health Conditions

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Team VCS

In one of the few accounts written, here is a realistic appraisal of the social readjustment of WWII veterans, contradicting the popular portrayal promoted by the news media and Hollywood. April 30, 2009 – We are all familiar with the … Continue reading →

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Apr 21, VCS Update: Call Congress to Support HR 952, and Reduce Veteran Suicides

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Team VCS

VA opened up a suicide prevention hotline that currently averages 220 calls a day and performs 6 rescues – that’s a total of more than 100,000 calls and 2,600 rescues. . . . VCS thanks the hard working VA staff for saving … Continue reading →

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Apr 10, VCS in the News: What Motive Does the Army Have to Misdiagnose PTSD?

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Team VCS

April 10, 2009 – In two stories published this week, Salon has described how a soldier secretly taped a psychologist saying that the Army was exerting pressure not to diagnose soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychologist Douglas McNinch of Fort … Continue reading →

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Apr 8, Army Doctor Caught on Tape: Military ‘under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD’

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Team VCS

Editor’s note: Last June, during a medical appointment, a patient named “Sgt. X” recorded an Army psychologist at Fort Carson, Colo., saying that he was under pressure not to diagnose combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Listen to a segment … Continue reading →

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Mar 24, PTSD News: Veterans Groups Seek Update in Definition of Combat

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Team VCS

March 24, 2009, Washington, DC (AP) — Veterans advocates told Congress on Tuesday that a World War II-era law requiring proof of participation in combat in order to receive certain benefits creates an unnecessary hurdle for veterans who served in … Continue reading →

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Mar 19, VCS Quoted in Article About Iraq War Soldier’s Suicide: The Long Lonely Road Home for John Fish

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Team VCS

Paul Sullivan of Veterans for Common Sense says there is more at stake here than the wishes of one family. “The Army failed to follow their own rules when the Army deployed an unfit soldier,” he said.  “Until there is … Continue reading →

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President Pledges Help to Vets

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Team VCS

March 16, 2009 – President Obama renewed his vow today to uphold the “sacred trust” with those serving in harm’s way abroad. “They are our best and brightest, and our bravest, enlisting in a time of war,” he said at … Continue reading →

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Senator Murray Introduces Bi-Partisan Legislation to Prepare VA for Rapidly Growing Number of Women Veterans

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Team VCS

March 17, 2009 – Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced major bi-partisan legislation to prepare the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the influx of women veterans … Continue reading →

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March 12, VCS in the News: Veterans React to Iraq Pullout Plans – ‘A War That Never Should Have Happened’

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Team VCS

March 12, 2009 – While they see President Obama’s 18-month timetable to remove U.S. troops from Iraq as a necessary first step to change, veterans’ organizations say Iraq and Afghanistan urgently need diplomacy and development, not lingering deployments or troop … Continue reading →

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