The U.S. military has launched several initiatives to stem the skyrocketing number of suicides by soldiers and veterans, and to combat post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here’s my suggestion: The Army should expand and build upon Ride 2 Recovery’s model. Ride 2 Recovery, a nonprofit group, has come up with..
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New research has some troubling news for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: The symptoms of combat concussions can last for years without any improvement. The New York Times blogged about a study by the University of Oklahoma, which tracked 500 veterans of the two wars who during..
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It’s a story that’s been told again and again, but this rendition is particularly heart-breaking. It is the story of Major Ben Richards, a brilliant West Point graduate, who went to Iraq and came back a broken man. Like many veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, Richards’ wounds aren’t visible to..
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It was not good news for Memorial Day: about 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are seeking disability benefits for injuries, psychological and physical, from combat. http://www.htrnews.com/article/20120528/MAN0101/205280404/More-veterans-filing-disability-benefits The figure emerged following three months of reporting and digging by the Associated Press, a..
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Soldiers Get Quicker Concussion Treatment Whether the military is sugarcoating its results or not, the Army is claiming to be succeeding in its efforts to treat brain injury on-site in war zones such as Afghanistan. The Associated Press did a lengthy story Friday on the Army’s quest to treat what has..
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Traumatic Brain Injury Signature Wound of Iraq and Afghanistan The Los Angeles Times Sunday called tramatic brain injury (TBI) the “signature wound” of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with 130,000 troops suffering such brain damage. But hope — in the form of a better helmet — may be on the..
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