Seeking better mental health for soldiers

on 17/07/2010 posted by Judith in News, Comments (0)

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum showcases soldiers’ portraits in The Rise of the Fallen

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Seen in The Daily Page, Saturday July 17th, 2010, Madison, Wisconsin, Eric Dunford said on Wednesday 07/07/2010 10:42 am A new exhibit commemorating soldiers who have died in the Afghan […]

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V.A. Is Easing Rules to Cover Stress Disorder

on 07/07/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

By JAMES DAO Published: NY Times: July 7, 2010 The government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to […]

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Local veteran’s suicide reflects troubling trend

on 05/07/2010 posted by VRC in News, Comments (0)

Orrin Gorman McClellan is among the war casualties that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has just begun to track — young men and women who served in the post-9/11 military, and killed themselves after struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder and other war wounds.

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1 in 10 Iraq Soldiers May Be Mentally Ill

on 11/06/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

By KIM CAROLLO ABCNews Medical Unit 6/11/10, 4:28 PM EDT Combat duty leads about 1 in 10 soldiers to have mental health problems. Even though he’s retired from active […]

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Walter Reed Report Confirms Validity of Fast-Acting, Non-Drug PTSD Treatment

on 26/04/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Released: 4/26/2010 5:00 PM EDT Embargo expired: 4/30/2010 12:00 AM EDT Source: Advanced Pain Centers Newswise — Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, has published case reports detailing […]

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Preliminary Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families

on 25/04/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Report Preliminary Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families Released: March 31, 2010 Consensus Report  :  Institute of Medicine Report Nearly 1.9 million U.S. […]

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Veterans film fellow vets coming home…

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War Veterans: Clint Van Winkle (l.) watches as cameraman Jon Dunham films David Paxson being tattooed at a parlor near Philadelphia with a ‘battlefield cross’ in honor of a […]

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Turning Our Backs on Heroes…

on 17/04/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Here is an article by Bob Herbert in the NY Times, a good reminder to all of us about the price being paid by many veterans – and it doesn’t […]

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Soldier Who Refused Afghan Tour Released

on 14/04/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

 Source: The Olympian ( see below link )  “Pvt. Travis Bishop left his jail cell at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last week with no job, a criminal conviction and […]

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