Drug For Sleepless Vets Raises Questions
It's unclear how many troops have died while taking Seroquel, or if the drug definitely contributed to the deaths.
Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-pyschotic called Seroquel.... |  |
Mental Illness Costing Military Soldiers
Soldiers discharged for having both a mental and a physical disability increased 174% during the past five years.
The number of soldiers forced to leave the Army solely because of a mental disorder has increased by 64% from 2005 to 2009 and accounts for one in nine medical discharges, according to Army statistics.... | |
President Pledges More Post-traumatic Stress Help For Vets
New rules will apply not only to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but also those who served in previous conflicts.
The government is taking what President Barack Obama calls "a long overdue step" to aid veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it easier for them receive federal benefits.... | |
California VA Center Hosts TBI Research
Martinez facility a locus for studies on traumatic brain injury
The young ex-Marine may never forget the explosions from his first tour, in Fallujah, but he can't seem to recall much else.... | |
U.S. Military Wages War On PTSD
After long campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, many US soldiers are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, prompting the US military to develop ways to help them, the BBC's Paul Adams in Washington reports.
After long campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, many US soldiers are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, prompting the US military to develop ways to help them, the BBC's Paul Adams in Washington reports.... | |
NAMI Testifies At Senate Veterans Hearing
Vietnam era combat pilot and national board member of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Clarence Jordan testified at a Senate hearing today calling for better outreach and coordination of mental health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).... | |
PTSD in the Military
Army Col. Rich O'Connor does not mince words when he talks about the amount of mental health training he had before he took a squadron in the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment to war in Iraq's Diyalah province in 2006.... | |
Red Sox Team Up To Help War Veterans
In a major effort to help veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Boston Red Sox unveiled a multifaceted initiative in tandem with Massachusetts General Hospital.... | |
Help For Troubled Marines
If you drive through Camp Pendleton you'll see signs and billboards offering counseling and psychological support to Marines and their families. The problem is, many of the people who most need these services are too afraid to use them.... | |
Post-trauma For A Soldier's Parents
When Army Sgt. Ryan Kahlor returned from two combat tours in Iraq last year, he was a walking billboard for virtually every affliction suffered by today's veterans. He had a detached retina, a ruptured disc, vertigo, headaches, memory lapses and numbness in his arms.... | |
One In Five Soldiers Suffer From PTSD
In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a panel of U.S. Army psychiatrists reported that one in every five active-duty soldiers has developed mental health problems after coming home from Iraq.... | |
Another Kind of Valor
There is a daunting challenge currently being faced by mental health professionals and the post-deployed veterans of the Afghanistan/Iraq wars who turn to them for assistance. Another Kind of Valor, a learner's guide and a facilitator's handbook useful for self-study or group discussions has been released to help post-deployed veterans, their families, and health care and mental care workers around the United States.... | |
NAMI and AMVETS Team Up On PTSD
AMVETS, one of the nation's leading veterans service organizations, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness signed a memorandum of understanding last week at the alliance's headquarters in Arlington, Va.... | |
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