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First Lady Tackling Medical Treatment For Vets

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Team VCS

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS text size A A A WASHINGTON January 11, 2012, 01:19 am ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama has gotten a new commitment from medical schools to boost training and research for the treatment of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other … Continue reading →

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VA Deploying 20 New Mobile Vet Centers Additions to Fleet Will Expand Veterans’ Access to VA Services Across U.S.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Team VCS

COLUMBUS, Ohio (January  4, 2012) — The Department of Veterans Affairs today deployed 20 additional Mobile Vet Centers from the production facility of Farber Specialty Vehicles to increase access to readjustment counseling services for Veterans and their families in rural … Continue reading →

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VCS in the News. Preliminary Impact Report.

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Team VCS

Iraq War Lives on as Second-Costliest U.S. Conflict Fuels Debt 2011-12-27 05:00:29.0 GMT By Mike Dorning Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) — The war in Iraq is officially over. The costs will go on. Eight years of dodging improvised explosive devices, repelling … 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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Op-Ed Comments on VCS Report: They are Men, Not Numbers ….

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Team VCS

October 4, 2011, Washington, DC (The American Conservative) – But when it comes to a war that has been rampaging — and now slogging — for a decade, it is important that from time to time we look to numbers … 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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VCS Statement to US Senate About Costs of Wars

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Team VCS

VCS Reveals Estimated One Million Veteran Patients Treated by VA by End of 2013, with Cost of $1 Trillion Over 40 Years July 27, 2011 (VCS) – In a written statement to Senators on the Committee for Veterans Affairs, VCS … Continue reading →

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May 12, VCS in the News: Army Soldier Massacre Puts War Trauma Under the Spotlight

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Team VCS

May 11, 2009 – A U.S. soldier shot five of his colleagues dead at a base in Baghdad, Iraq Monday. The Pentagon says at least two other people were hurt in the shootings and the gunman is in custody. Details … Continue reading →

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VCS in the News, Pt. 1: One Soldier’s Struggle – Sgt. Fights Anger, Treatment System

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Team VCS

May 3, 2009 – Sgt. John Jones’ anger usually starts simply. Sometimes, it’s triggered by a thought about circumstances he cannot change. It builds until he thinks of little else. Or it flares up when superiors speak to him harshly … 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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