PTSD: Genetic link could lead to vet drug treatment
VCS ED quoted From the New Haven Register By Peggy McCarthy, Conn. Health I-Team Writer A recent study that discovered a genetic link to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) could ultimately lead to...
View ArticleFor Veterans, a Surge of New Treatments for Trauma
From NYT.com By TINA ROSENBERG Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work. TAGS: MENTAL HEALTH, PTSD, VETERANS Suicide is now the leading cause of death in the army. More soldiers...
View ArticleArmy stands down Thursday to focus on suicide prevention
From the Washington Post By Steve Vogel The Army is holding a servicewide stand-down Thursday for a day of mandatory training aimed at combating record numbers of suicides among active-duty troops. The...
View ArticleVA processing claims at record pace, but still can’t keep up
From Stars and Stripes By Leo Shane III WASHINGTON – Veterans Benefits Administration processors completed more benefits claims than ever before last month, wrapping up work on a record 107,462 cases....
View ArticleScores of recent Texas war veterans have died of overdoses, suicide and...
By American-Statesman Investigative Team They survived the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. But they did not survive the homecoming. A six-month American-Statesman investigation, which paints the...
View ArticleSMA on suicide: ‘It’s okay to seek help’
SMA Chandler frankly discusses his own issues. From usamy.mil By David Vergun Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III, tells Soldiers thinking about suicide that it’s OK to ask for help. He...
View ArticleVCS ED on PRI’s “To the Point”
Yesterday VCS Executive Director Patrick Bellon was on Public Radio International’s “To the Point” with Warren Olney. Also on the program were Jim Dao of the New York Times and Under Secretary for...
View ArticleSergeant carried his secret anguish home
From the Leaf-Chronicle by Philip Grey CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Sgt. Justin Junkin came home from Afghanistan to his wife and infant daughter in May 2011, carrying his weapon, his gear and a bomb inside...
View ArticleVeterans can find help through crisis line
By MARY WICOFF Commercial-News, Danville, Ill. Published: October 7, 2012 DANVILLE — Veterans in crisis no longer have to keep the problem a secret — especially if it’s something life-threatening,...
View ArticleHouse bill would speed disability payments to wounded troops
From Triblive.com By Carl Prine Published: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 5:36 p.m. Updated: Saturday, October 6, 2012 A bipartisan bill promises to speed disability payments to troops wounded in...
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