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Contrarian Approach for PTSD
Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:18 PM EDT (Psych Central)
A different approach to managing PTSD suggests that for some people repressing rather than exposing the traumatic memories may be better for an individual's health.
Study finds drug helps PTSD nightmares
Seeded on Wed May 27, 2009 5:54 PM EDT (EurekAlert!)
SEATTLE -- A generic drug already used by millions of Americans for high blood pressure and prostate problems has been found to improve sleep and lessen trauma nightmares in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
When PTSD Comes Marching Home
Seeded on Wed May 27, 2009 12:46 AM EDT (t r u t h o u t)
There is disconnection between everything human and what has to be done in combat. Imagine being in an unimaginable situation and having to do the unthinkable. How can this be done? A detachment between everything human and having to do the inconceivable resounds in combat.
Do PTSD symptoms ever really go away?
Seeded on Wed May 27, 2009 12:40 AM EDT (CNN)
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta answers your medical questions about post-traumatic stress disorder.
Life With PTSD, Words From a Veteran
Seeded on Thu May 14, 2009 9:35 PM EDT (The Military Health System Blog)
Today we hear from retired Command Sgt. Maj. Samuel Marvin Rhodes Sr.
ADAA 2009: Exposure Therapy for PTSD May Benefit Older Veterans
Seeded on Thu May 14, 2009 9:16 PM EDT (Medscape Medical News)
March 18, 2009 (Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico) — Results from a small study suggests prolonged exposure therapy may benefit older veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The Primacy of Healing: Politics and Combat Stress in America
Seeded on Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:35 PM EDT (t r u t h o u t)
I am a veteran of the war in Iraq. Like many, I came home bearing an unexpected skepticism toward our operations there and a fresh perspective on America's use of military power.
Risperidone Antipsychotic For Treatment of Combat Related PTSD
Seeded on Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:27 AM EDT (clinicaltrial.gov)
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VA budget adds mental-health services for combat vets
Seeded on Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:03 PM EDT (Air Force Link)
4/10/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The proposed Department of Veterans Affairs funding request will provide more post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury services to combat veterans, as well as other mental-health care and services for wounded warriors, President B …
Brain Scans Might Help Spot PTSD
Seeded on Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:18 PM EDT (MedicinePlus)
FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Someday, doctors might use brain scans to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to researchers who conducted tests on 42 American soldiers who'd recently served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
What motive does the Army have to misdiagnose PTSD?
Seeded on Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:30 PM EDT (Salon.com)
April 10, 2009 | In two stories published this week, Salon has described how a soldier secretly taped a psychologist saying that the Army was exerting pressure not to diagnose soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Unsterile equipment used on Miami veterans
Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:08 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
Officials say more than 3,000 patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Miami had colonoscopies with equipment that wasn't properly sterilized
"Suicide PTSD"
Seeded on Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:46 AM EDT (Metanoia.org)
Combat veterans, sexual assault survivors, and other victims of trauma are vulnerable to a condition called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). People with PTSD suffer from a range of symptoms that interfere with their capacities to enjoy normal life.
PTSD Discussion Thread
Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:59 PM EDT (Military.com)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: intense memories of trauma that won't go away. Whether caused by the horrors of combat or other extreme trauma it lurks quietly in the background of ones day to day life.
Rescued Iraqi Dog Suffers From PTSD
Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:35 PM EDT (YouTube)
Author Jay Kopelman tells Chris Wragge his book "From Baghdad To America" is the story of living with a rescued dog suffering from a psychological disorder common in military veterans.
How questioning PTSD rates makes me an apologist for imperialist violence
Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:10 PM EDT (ScienceBlogs)
It didn't take long for my Scientific American story on PTSD to draw the sort of fire I expected. A doctor blogging as "egalwan" at Follow Me Here writes
Help for PTSD
Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:35 PM EDT (Times Union)
Wednesday was a long time coming for the more than 300,000 American servicemen and veterans who have suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome in the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Balkans: Images Bring the Wars Back
Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:51 PM EDT (GlobalIssues.org)
Vesna Peric Zimonjic interviews war crimes prosecutor VLADIMIR VUKCEVIC (belgrade)Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Inter Press Service
H.R. 108, The Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act
Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:40 PM EDT (WashingtonWatch.com)
Detailed Summary Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act - Permits a veteran with any compensable service-connected disability (and the veteran's dependents) to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a member of the Armed Forces entitled to …
New strategy to weaken traumatic memories
Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:41 PM EDT (Bio-Medecine)
Philadelphia, PA, 17 march 2009
Stress, hippocampal atrophy, depression and PTSD
Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:31 PM EDT (Anxiety Insights)
Does stress damage the brain? A paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues at the Yale University School of Medicine provides an important new insight to this question.
The Diagnosis (and perhaps over-diagnosis) of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Seeded on Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:13 PM EDT (ScienceBlogs)
David Dobbs has a really excellent and thought-provoking article on the diagnosis (and perhaps over-diagnosis) of post-traumatic stress disorder over at Sciam. The essential point is that it's extremely hard to define a normal psychological response to traumatic events.
An Open Letter to Veterans From Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki
Seeded on Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:06 PM EDT (Department of Veterans Affairs)
WASHINGTON – Following is an open letter to Veterans from Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki:
Soldiers Commiting Suicide: US troops are killing themselves in record numbers
Seeded on Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:53 PM EDT (The Boston Phoenix)
Another front has opened in the wars being fought by the US military, and it is one for which the Pentagon was as unprepared as it was for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Marijuana Vs. Anti-Depressants for PTSD...Marijuana Wins Hands Down
Seeded on Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:32 PM EDT (Salem-News.com)
Dr. Phillip Leveque Salem-News.com Dr. Phillip Leveque spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Pharmacologist, Forensic Toxicologist and Physician. As part of their medical history I asked what previous medicines they had been given or prescribed.
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