All posts tagged 'post traumatic stress disorder'

Obama Unveils National Plan On Traumatic Brain Injury, Vets

Posted on August 11th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Addressing the Disabled American Veterans group, President Obama Saturday offered details on his National Research Action Plan to prevent and treat traumatic brain injury (TBI). http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/10/fact-sheet-obama-administration-s-work-honor-our-military-families-and-v Much of the president’s initiative on TBI and mental health has to do with the treatment of veterans, as his administration claims that meeting..
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Wisconsin Vietnam Vets Wanted For TBI-Alzheimer’s Study

Posted on July 19th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will be one of roughly 20 sites participating in a U.S. Department of Defense study of the possible link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and Alzheimer’s disease in Vietnam vets as they get older, according to the The Cambridge News.  The..
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Vets Fight Off New Types Of PTSD: Traumatic Loss and Moral Injury

Posted on February 16th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The Wall Street Journal did a story on a several new twists, new subsets, so to speak, of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They are being called “traumatic loss” and “moral injury.” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323854904578264033446648810.html The story explains this psychiatric issue by telling the tale of Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams, whose entire..
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Military Suicides Hit Record High, And TBI Likely Plays A Role

Posted on January 16th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Our troops are still not getting the help they need when they come home from combat overseas. And here is the evidence. Despite all the counseling and special programs created to help soldiers, suicides in the U.S. military last year hit an all-time high, taking more soldiers’ lives than combat,..
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Iraq Vet Accused Of Killing Wife Suffers From PTSD

Posted on December 29th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder a Contributing Factor in Wife’s Death? A wounded Iraqi war veteran shot his wife, a Wisconsin police officer, five times in the head on Christmas Eve.  Ultimately, a jury will have to decide what part post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will a mitigating factor in this tragic..
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Vietnam Vets, Claiming PTSD, Sue To Have Their Discharges Upgraded

Posted on December 10th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A fascinating class-action lawsuit was filed earlier this month by a group of Vietnam War veterans, alleging that they were suffering from then-undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when they given other-than-honorable discharges. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut on Dec. 3, seeks to have those discharges upgraded...
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Drug Ecstasy May Prove Treatment For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted on November 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

It sounds hard to believe, but the club drug Ecstasy is showing promise as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to The New York Times. A South Carolina husband-and-wife team this week published a paper in the Journal of Psychopharmacology about their treatment, which employs psychotherapy and MDMA,..
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VA Affairs Chief Pledges Commitment To PTSD Treatment For Veterans

Posted on November 12th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

On Veterans Day Thursday, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shineski offered another olive branch to veterans of recent wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Maybe the military is actually sincere in its efforts to reach out to our troubled returning warriors,  including those with unseen wounds like post-traumatic stress disorder. The veterans department put..
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U.S. Troops Experiencing More Stress Than British In Iraq, Afghanistan Combat

Posted on May 17th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Nobody knows the reason why yet, but American troops who have seen combat in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering far higher rates of post-traumatic stress than their British counterparts, according to a new study.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/world/17trauma.html?ref=world U.S. troops returning to the United States are seeing rates of PTS in the 10 to 15 percent range,..
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Purple Heart won’t be awarded for PTSD

Posted on January 8th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 1/8/2009 By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Thursday sought to assure troops that it takes post-traumatic stress seriously despite the recent decision not to award the Purple Heart to those with the disorder. An advisory committee concluded that troops coming home from the wars..
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