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AWOL Soldier Seeks Sanctuary In Ithaca (www.wtvh.com)
After fighting 15 months in Afghanistan, 22-year-old Trevor Loope of Texas went AWOL from the Army. Stationed at Fort Drum, he left his post one year ago to seek better health care for depression and... More
Submitted about 19 hours ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in returning veterans: anxiety, depression and avoidance (www.grandforksherald.com)
The armed forces involves much more than what they say it does. Before you think about joining the armed services, you should consider what your life would be like after service. A major problem... More
Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Treating mental illness critical for war veterans (www.tucsoncitizen.com)
Veterans from "The Greatest Generation" and even Vietnam got no help for their combat-induced mental trauma. They were expected to tough it out and keep quiet about any recurring nightmares,... More
Submitted 21 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
The Mini Depression and the Maximum-Strength Remedy
(tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com)
This is not the Great Depression of the 1930s, but nor is it turning out to be merely a bad recession of the kind we've experienced periodically over the last half century. Call it a Mini Depression.... More
Submitted 25 days ago by SpencerKent on Economy | 0 Comments |
Prevalence of post-traumatic stress complicates study of war-related concussions (www.cleveland.com)
In a study of 2,000 blast-injured veterans by the RAND Corp., about 14 percent reported symptoms of major depression and 14 percent reported those of PTSD. Five percent of the sample reported symptoms... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Legally recognize stress disorders (www.desmoinesregister.com)
The Iowa Supreme Court's decision on the Heidi Anfinson case casts a new light into the shadows of mental illness and depression. The court ruled that her lawyer should have submitted evidence of... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Taking Placebo Seriously.
(www.prospect.org)
I've not gotten my hands on the video yet, so it's a bit hard to see where CBO director Peter Orszag is going with some of his slides suggesting the need for more behavioral economics in health care.... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on Healthcare | 0 Comments |
Living in the Ruins
(www.motherjones.com)
Among my somewhat over-the-hill crowd—I'm 64—there's one thing friends have said to me repeatedly since the stock market started to tumble, the global economic system began to melt down, and... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Economy | 0 Comments |
Out of harm's way, hurt can linger (www.democratandchronicle.com)
The number of suicides among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans is reported to be 120 each week — and may exceed the combat death toll. This comes directly from the U.S. government's top psychiatric... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on PTSD | 0 Comments |
Postpartum Depression: South Asian Women Suffer in Silence
(news.newamericamedia.org)
Asian Indian women, especially new immigrants, may have a higher risk of postpartum depression. Experts point to the isolation of their immigrant experience, along with the lack of the traditional... More
Submitted 2 months ago by klarajo on Immigration | 0 Comments |
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