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Prison Overcrowding Crisis Unhealthy for All Californians (news.newamericamedia.org)
California prisons have become the largest mental health system for the poor, the largest battered women's shelter, and the largest system of public housing, observes NAM contributing writer, Donna... More
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Prison Overcrowding Crisis Unhealthy for All Californians
(news.newamericamedia.org)
As a public health professional who has spent over 10 years advocating for prisoners' rights, I am dismayed to see the health of prisoners once again become a political football.
Submitted about 20 hours ago by cdoherty on Justice | 0 Comments |
PTSD Continues To Take Toll After Soldiers Return (news.opb.org)
For thousands of young men and women coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the price exacted by war is obvious. Anyone can see the evidence left by scars, burns and amputated limbs. But other... More
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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
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Carrie Fisher, "Wishful Drinking"
(www.salon.com)
When most adult Americans say, "I grew up with Carrie Fisher," they probably mean that they grew up with Princess Leia, secret Skywalker and metal bikini-clad royalty from the former planet of... More
Submitted 1 day ago by robertharding on Healthcare | 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
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As Suicides Climb, a Search for 'Why?' (www.military.com)
"Do you think that God's going to send me to hell for killing innocent people?" former Sgt. Joshua Barber asked his wife one day last summer. Kelly Barber tried to reassure her distraught husband.... More
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Healing the Invisible Wounds of War: Diagnosis PTSD, Symptoms, Prevalence (www.emilitary.org)
Most people's stress response system acts like a home heating thermostat: it responds appropriately to environmental cues, such as wind or snow, by kicking up the heat. But after a... More
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Gulf War vets still face health struggles (www.armytimes.com)
Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it’s meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans. Those who came home and complained of symptoms... More
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Bases brace for stress-related disorders (www.militarytimes.com)
Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and... More
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