Military Mental Health

Memorial Day: An Opportunity to Reach Out to Veterans

Lisa Firestone | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Suicide, Military Mental Health, Military Suicide, Mental Health, Memorial Day, Veterans, Army Suicide, Healthy Living News

Getting veterans to the help they need is imperative. It is also valuable for us to have an understanding of the many factors that lead to increased suicide risk among veterans.

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Repeated Military Deployment Is Like Waterboarding

Eliot Daley | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Military Draft, Mental Health, Military, Afghanistan, Universal Military Service, War, Military Mental Health, Waterboarding, Iraq, Afghanistan War, Multiple Deployments, Robert Bales, War in Afghanistan, Veterans, Soldiers, Redeployment, Robert Bales Afghanistan, Draft, Politics News

Sgt. Bales is a prime example: he had been sent into battle, faced death, then came home to comfort and safety. Then he was thrust back into battle, facing bombs and bullets and possible death once more, then home to comfort and safety. Again and again.

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Who Gets Better From Combat Stress (And How)

Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Veterans Mental Health, Military Stress, Veterans PTSD, Soldiers Mental Health, Combat Stress, Military Mental Health, War Ptsd, War Stress, Military PTSD, Soldiers PTSD, Soldiers Stress, Ptsd, Healthy Living News

There are several studies claiming a 70-percent improvement rate for returning warriors who are treated for combat stress with various cognitive behavioral therapies and/or prolonged exposure strategies. But this is a misleading number.

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The State Of Mental Health Care For Veterans' Families

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Veterans Mental Health, Vet Mental Health, Military Mental Health, Military Mental Health Care, Military Families, Home News

In 2003, John Henry Parker got a phone call from the Afghanistan and Pakistan border region that stopped him cold. His son, Danny Facto, a married...

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It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds?

Leila Levinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Veterans, War Invisible Wounds, Veterans Mental Health, Veterans Support, Soldiers Mental Health, Veterans PTSD, Veterans Invisible Wounds, Soldiers PTSD, Military Mental Health, War Mental Health, Military PTSD, Soldiers Invisible Wounds, Healthy Living News

Those of us who have never gone to war -- and today that means about 90 percent of us -- how able are we to imagine it?

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Closing the Hope Gap: President Obama as Psychoanalyst-in-Chief

Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suicide, Military Families, Obama Military Families Program, Executive Branch, Military-Mental-Health, Psychoanalysis, Suicide Prevention, Politics News

President Obama's campaign to help military families in any and every way possible may just turn out to be more effective in stemming the tragic epidemic of military suicides than any psychotropic drug or psychotherapeutic intervention.

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Army Struggles With Mental Health Amid 2 Long Wars

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Health Problems, Military Mental Health, Military Health, Military Health Systems, Military Health Records, Home News

FORT CARSON, Colo. — A baby-faced, chain-smoking infantryman who was on a prescribed antidepressant when he allegedly shot and killed a captured...

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Addressing The Psychological Impact Of Combat

Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Mental Health Services, Military Mental Health Policy, Military Mental Health, Veterans Healthcare, PBS This Emotional Life, Military Health Care, Veterans Health Care, Military Health Care System, Home News

Our society does a poor job of addressing psychological pain and suffering. Indeed we humans seem to have a difficult time addressing our own mental health needs.

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Chaplains and Religion Substituted for Professional Mental Health Care in the Military

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veterans for Common Sense, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Military Suicides, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Paul Sullivan, Military Mental Health, Religion in the Military, Ptsd, Mikey Weinstein, Mrff, Military, Religion News

The military's practice of substituting religion for professional mental health care for PTSD and suicide prevention has become increasingly frequent, with alarming reports coming in from active duty troops and veterans.

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Distressed Soldiers Get Mental Health Treatment...On The Battlefield

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Sgt. Thomas Riordan, Military Mental Health, Mental Health, Impact News

FORWARD OPERATING BASE BOSTICK, Afghanistan — Sgt. Thomas Riordan didn't want to return to Afghanistan after home leave. He had just fought thro...

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A Good Man: Discussing Army Behavioral Health

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ptsd, Army Psychology, Army Mental Health, The Giving Life, Military-Psychology, Military Mental Health, Mental Health Army, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Military, Military Families, Healthy Living News

Not a day goes by that I don't think about some way, shape, or form of how those events could have been prevented. That's the crux of behavioral health.

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The Right Mental Health Care for Returning Vets: Neglecting Them This Time Will Be Dangerous

Bryant Welch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Positive Psychology, Military Mental Health, Martin Seligman, Ptsd, Politics News

If, as a nation, we do not provide appropriate care for returning veterans, terrorism will take yet another horrible toll on America by turning our own troops against us and against themselves.

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Fort Hood: A Harbinger of Things to Come?

Bryant Welch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Hood, Military Shootings, The Psychology of Optimism, Nidal Malik Hasan, Military Mental Health, Psychology, Martin Seligman, Positive Psychology, Ptsd, Torture, Politics News

If we can identify the real problem that caused the tragedy at Ford Hood we can possibly prevent such episodes in the future. Our troops have been through enough.

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