Tag Archives: PTSD

First Lady Unveils Plan to Improve TBI, PTSD Care

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Team VCS

January 12, 2012 (Military.com) – Speaking Wednesday to an auditorium packed with camouflage-clad soldiers and medical students in white lab coats, first lady Michelle Obama announced a new initiative to help doctors better identify, understand and treat the invisible wounds … Continue reading →

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PTSD study reaches out to Fort Hood soldiers

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Team VCS

01/04/2012 05:11 PM By: Chie Saito   Thanks to new research, Fort Hood soldiers can now improve understanding of how to improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatments.  The research now underway is driven by a multidisciplinary partnership called STRONG STAR led by … Continue reading →

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Wounded Doc Speaks out on his battle with PTSD

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Team VCS

In this Dec. 14, 2011 photo, Dr. Ken Lee performs acupuncture on Gus Sorenson, a paralyzed patient at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center. Lee was nearly killed by a suicide bomb attack in Iraq in 2004. Now Wisconsin’s National Guard’s … Continue reading →

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Veterans Fight in 9th Circuit for Better PTSD Treatment

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Team VCS

December 14, 2011 (Courthouse News Service) – Veterans appeared before the full 9th Circuit on Tuesday to secure better treatment for service members with mental health issues.      In May, a three-judge panel of the court took the rare step of … Continue reading →

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Rise in PTSD Cases From Two Wars Strains Military Resources

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Team VCS

November 30, 2011 (The Tennessean) – Ten thousand combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder flooded into VA hospitals every three months this year, pushing the number of patients ill from the disorder above 200,000 and straining resources, Department of Veterans … 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 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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Dallas VA Malpractice Lawyer – S. Greco – Alerts 50{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} Iraqi War Vets Suffer PTSD

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Team VCS

March 16, 2009, Dallas, TX – Indiana’s Times-Mail released the staggering results of a recent study by top Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) psychologist revealing Iraq war worse than Vietnam war for military veterans. The study shows, according to the … Continue reading →

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