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Guard Stresses PTSD Symptoms at Meetings
May 21, 2008, Lewistown, MT – Montana’s National Guard expanded its PTSD outreach efforts this week, hosting a series of 20 public meetings in armories across the state. As part of its effort to familiarize the public — and veterans … Continue reading
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May 22, Waco (Texas) Tribune Newspaper Editorial About VA E-Mail Scandal: Appalling PTSD Memo
May 20, 2008 – At a time when increasing numbers of veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, it is outrageous to learn that a Veterans Affairs supervisor suggested that VA caregivers downgrade PTSD findings to “adjustment disorders.” Congress should launch … Continue reading
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NPR News Continues Investigations Into Treatment of Soldiers Suffering from PTSD
May 16, 2008; Washington, D.C. – In its continuing coverage of military treatment of soldiers returning from war, NPR News reports that spouses of troops with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other serious mental health problems have made it their … Continue reading
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May 17, VCS in the News: Furor Continues Over VA Psychologist’s Anti-PTSD E-Mail
What’s at stake is veterans’ ability to get disability and health care benefits from the VA. A diagnosis of “adjustment disorder” doesn’t deliver the same level of benefits as would a diagnosis of PTSD, Paul Sullivan, the executive director of … Continue reading
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May 16, VCS in the News: VA E-Mail Discourages PTSD Diagnosis for Veterans
Temple, Texas, May 15, 2008 (CBS) – A Department of Veterans Affairs team leader in Texas suggested mental health professionals should diagnose patients with “adjustment disorder” rather than post traumatic stress disorder in order to save time and money treating … Continue reading
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On Recovering Without PTSD, Kimberly Dozier’s “Breathing the Fire”
May 11, 2008 – About two years ago, I died on the operating table – technically, a few times. My camera crew, Paul Douglas and James Brolan, and a young army captain we were following, lost their lives, as did … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran with PTSD Saves Life of Traffic Accident Victim
Traumatized Marine ignores doctor’s orders to save injured motorcyclist May 2, 2008, Buffalo, New York – Others drove past the injured motorcyclist, who lay bleeding to death on the side of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst on a Monday afternoon … Continue reading
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Iraq veterans need support for PTSD
Iraq veterans need support for PTSD For many U.S. soldiers and Marines, leaving Iraq means no longer having to dodge Iraqi snipers and shrapnel. But coming home may involve fighting the lingering psychological effects of war that can be just … Continue reading
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PTSD and my Iraq Homecoming
Nightmare #1 I am in command of a four-vehicle convoy in Iraq. We are skirting the edge of a town on our way back to our camp after having performed a mission elsewhere. My vehicles are unarmored HMMWV’s mounted with … Continue reading