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Military Families Respond to Reports of Inadequate Care For PTSD Military Families Respond to Reports of Inadequate Care For PTSD http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0514-12.htm {EXCERPT} Common Dreams (press release), ME We hear regularly from military families about loved ones diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who are given enough medication to last them their... ... 15 May 2007 18:56
Going off the deep end I know this is a weird question, but does anyone here with PTSD understand how someone could slip a cog like that? I can understand it. I can honestly understand how someone could go off the deep end and do something horrid. It's not right what happened, I'm not condoning it. But I can empathize. So does tha... 19 May 2007 12:53
Military mental health referrals decline in WA Military mental health referrals decline in WA http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1922631.htm {EXCERPT} ABC Online, Australia New figures have been released showing the number of Defence Force personnel stationed in Western Australia who were referred for psychiatric or... http://www.abc.net.au/news/ne... 14 May 2007 20:11
How many In-Country and In-Waters Vietnam veterans are alive today? How many In-Country and In-Waters Vietnam veterans are alive today? In 1992 the United Stated Department of Defense (DOD) authorized the production of a Report titled: �THE VIETNAM WAR SERVICE INDEX� (VWSI). This roster contained the names of 2,719,908 Americans that DOD could determine from its existing records wer... 14 May 2007 15:32
Study: VA must update how it handles PTSD Study: VA must update how it handles PTSD http://www.bendweekly.com/Nationwide-News/5646.html {EXCERPT} Bend Weekly, OR "The VA should uniformly apply the disability rate schedule for everyone," said Bill Rider Jr., president of the American Combat Veterans of War in San... http://www.bendweekly.com/Nationwide-N... 11 May 2007 19:00
US Vets With PTSD Not Getting Equal And Fair Compensation From VA US Vets With PTSD Not Getting Equal And Fair Compensation From VA http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=70707 {EXCERPT} Medical News Today, UK - 11 minutes ago The study was commissioned by the VA in the wake of a significant increase in the number of PTSD disability claims that has thrown up incons... 11 May 2007 19:00
VA Should Institute Better Claims Process for PTSD, Study Finds VA Should Institute Better Claims Process for PTSD, Study Finds http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=44805 {EXCERPT} Kaiser network.org, DC The report found that the VA uses insufficient criteria for rating disabilities due to mental illness and is not consistent in applying standards for.... 9 May 2007 19:12
Reading messages Sometimes I read thru some of the messages here, old and new, just to remind myself that others are out there who have gone through, or are going thru, some similar things. I appreciate this little corner. Anon ... 8 May 2007 21:15
Combat stress has Pentagon under siege Combat stress has Pentagon under siege http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1178514141/1 {EXCERPT} Pueblo Chieftain, CO "The Defense Department and the Veterans Administration are not adequately equipped to deal with the volume of these cases. This is a systemwide problem,... http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1178514141/... 7 May 2007 21:05
Conference Combats Combat Stress Conference Combats Combat Stress http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/13264372/detail.html http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/13264372/detail.html {EXCERPT} NBC Sandiego.com, CA - 31 minutes ago Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD as it is known, will be the subject of a weeklong conference that started at Camp Pendle... 5 May 2007 19:17 |