PTSD, Alcohol Problems Co-Occur In Returning Troops (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
Military service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are likely to experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorders simultaneously, a serious co-morbidity that is... More
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Local Veterans Talk About Experience With P.T.S.D. (www.witn.com)
It is the unseen battle wound, but one that can no less impact a veterans life for the rest of his or her life. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Sure, you've heard of it, but to really hear what it's... More
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Vet with PTSD gets 71/2 years for robbery (www.theolympian.com)
A Tacoma man who has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder since returning from an Army tour in Iraq was sentenced to 71/2 years in prison Tuesday for robbing a Washington Mutual bank in Lacey... More
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Thompson introduces telemedicine, PTSD legislation (www.redwoodtimes.com)
North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson has introduced legislation to screen returning soldiers for PTSD and to expand access to telemedicine. The PTSD bill will require every soldier to have a... More
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Queen Latifah reveals experience with PTSD (www.hvpress.net)
"My father actually suffered from PTSD. He was a veteran of Vietnam and I know he’s helped a lot of his friends from Vietnam and from other wars to try to get treatment and get help… it was very... More
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US Armed Forces Veterans could receive additional PTSD services (www.digitaljournal.com)
The recently proposed budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs is touted as the largest single-year increase in over thirty years. In an era of past and present war related PTSD and traumatic... More
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Kirkcaldy man's toughest battle (www.fifetoday.co.uk)
KIRKCALDY man Andrew Lorimer served in the armed forces for almost two decades. He was involved in the first Gulf War and has been stationed in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo...
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PTSD: Is it a Psychosis? (www.salem-news.com)
PTSD is NOT a single specific entity. As a Combat Infantryman I saw several different versions. “Combat fatigue” doesn’t cover it.
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Officials, veterans celebrate step forward for Waco PTSD center (www.wacotrib.com)
About 100 dignitaries and veterans braved Friday’s storms to celebrate the Waco Veterans Affairs Hospital’s increased role in treating veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Brain Scans Might Help Spot PTSD (www.forbes.com)
Someday, doctors might use brain scans to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to researchers who conducted tests on 42 American soldiers who'd recently served in Iraq or... More
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