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When Army Strong Snaps (www.veteranstoday.com)

The following essay was forwarded to us from Veterans for Common Sense (VCS), and we wanted to share the red flags highlighted by a military spouse stationed at Fort Hood when the recent shooting... More

Tags: us army,fort hood,combat stress,red flags,ptsd

Submitted 3 months ago by indythinker | 1 Comments |

Mental health of military children studied (www.ftleavenworthlamp.com)

Studies show that most military children are just as healthy and resilient as civilian children, but psychiatrists are concerned about their stress levels, said a mental health expert during the... More

Tags: mental health,military,military children,psychiatry,united states,us army

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Task force to examine similarities in murder cases (www.kxrm.com)

A task force at Fort Carson will look for common threads among soldiers charged with several murders. Six soldiers have been accused of committing eight different murders since 2005. Another three... More

Tags: colorado,fort carson,ptsd,tbi,us army,us military,murders,soldiers,troops,task force

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Mind training helps with war, then PTSD (www.theleafchronicle.com)

The explosion of practice mortars sent Army Spc. Kade Williams into panic attacks, and nightmares plagued his sleep. The ravages of post-traumatic stress had left the veteran of the war in Afghanistan... More

Tags: ptsd,posttraumatic stress disorder,afghanistan,iraq,panic attacks,us army,mind training

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Family, friends say military must do more (www.siouxcityjournal.com)

Now it's that sentiment that perplexes the Sioux City woman as she seeks to understand why Carl stuck a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Seven months after he returned from war, U.S. Army... More

Tags: iowa,sioux city,ptsd,us army,carl b mccoy,alcoholism,military

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Former Army Chaplain Describes Combat Experiences That Led To PTSD (www.dunndailyrecord.com)

Former Army chaplain Jim Johnson became one of the walking wounded after his combat experiences in Vietnam, but it took him years to realize that he really needed help. Dr. Johnson, who is the author... More

Tags: us army,jim johnson,vietnam,combat experiences,dr jim johnson,the aftermath of combat trauma,ptsd,posttraumatic stress disorder

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Unseen scars (www.roanoke.com)

Debbie Camicia really doesn't talk about her time in Iraq. When the Army reservist, stationed at Abu Ghraib, returned home, she still felt confined -- an emotional prison brought on by post-traumatic... More

Tags: debbie camicia,iraq,abu ghraib,us army,reserves,ptsd,family,veterans

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Army creates suicide prevention board (www.cnn.com)

The U.S. Army is establishing a suicide prevention board to examine the mental health of its recruiters around the country after the fourth suicide in three years by Houston, Texas-based recruiters,... More

Tags: suicide prevention board,us army,mental health,army recruiting command

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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