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A beautiful Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Center, but is it enough?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

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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Army to Renew Efforts to Combat High Suicide Rates

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

  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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VA Continues Outreach for PTSD Awareness Month

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

VA Continues PTSD Outreach with AboutFace Campaign Veterans Provide Video Testimonials on Experiences with PTSD WASHINGTON (June 20, 2012) – In observance of June as PTSD Awareness Month, the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) … Continue reading →

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VA Supports Family and Friends Seeking to Encourage Vets to Get Mental Health Services

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

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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Suicides No. 2 cause of death in military

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Team VCS

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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VA clinicians offer guidelines for treating combat vets

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Team VCS

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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Report: Hiring veterans is good business

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Team VCS

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

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Team VCS

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

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Team VCS

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

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Team VCS

  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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