Tag Archives: mental health

Fighting military suicides with peer counseling

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Team VCS

(CBS News) The Pentagon granted a six-month extension Wednesday to a pilot call-in program for American military personnel considering suicide. The suicide rate among both active-duty troops and reservists is alarming, and it’s increased dramatically this year. One effort to … Continue reading →

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Using technology to battle PTSD

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Boston Globe by Chelsea Conaboy Brian Sullivan, a former Army bomb technician, quit treatment for post-traumatic stress when, he said, doctors began pushing him to take medications he didn’t want. His symptoms, however, did not quit. Traffic jams made … Continue reading →

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War Wounds

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Team VCS

New York Times OP-ED COLUMNIST By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF IT would be so much easier, Maj. Ben Richards says, if he had just lost a leg in Iraq. Enlarge This Image Daniel Borris for The New York Times Maj. Ben Richards, … Continue reading →

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Legislation to Improve Veterans TBI Rehabilitation Signed Into Law

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Team VCS

  Washington –President Obama today signed into law Senator Boozman’s legislation to improve rehabilitative services for our nation’s veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The Veterans’ Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services’ Improvements Act of 2011, (S. 957 as amended) was … 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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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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For too many veterans, the ultimate defeat

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Team VCS

(Reuters) – by Phil Stewart On a warm summer afternoon in Champion, Ohio, Michael Ecker, a 25-year-old Iraq war veteran, called out to his father from a leafy spot in their backyard. Then, as the two stood steps apart, Michael … Continue reading →

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$10 Million More for Military Suicide Prevention

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Team VCS

The House approved an amendment to next year’s defense spending bill Wednesday night that shifts $10 million from training Afghan security forces to fighting suicide in the ranks of the U.S. military. From Time Battleland Blog by Mark Thompson “This is … 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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