Iraq Ptsd

The Real Red Flag Raised By Fort Hood

David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


David A. Love

As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.

Struggling Iraq Vet's Wife May Be Deported

LA Times | Teresa Watanabe | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


The nightmares still plague him. The terrifying mortar attacks. The loss of an Albanian soldier and ally, mutilated by shrapnel. The Iraqi children, b...

Reflections on Suicide

Christopher Lukas | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books


Christopher Lukas

The rate of death by suicide in the armed forces is increasing at alarming rates. Death is terrible, no matter how it comes. But death by suicide leaves those left behind, asking Why? How?

Iraq Troops' PTSD Rate As High As 35 Percent: New Study

physorg.com | Posted 09.15.2009 | World


The Veterans' Administration should expect a high volume of Iraq veterans seeking treatment of post traumatic stress disorder, with researchers antici...

Tough Guy Soprano Joey Pantoliano Goes to Iraq

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Dr. Tian Dayton

Soldiers in Iraq face deployment after deployment without rest or time for recovery. They suffer from PTSD and depression.

Why Army Suicides Continued to Rise in May, and What We Can Do

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


Jon Soltz

The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.

Tribute is Not Enough

Gen. Wesley Clark | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics


Gen. Wesley Clark

The troops we honor are real people, many of whom have very real injuries. They and their families need our help to get back on their feet.

Make Memorial Day Meaningful

Kim Cattrall | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living


Kim Cattrall

I'm honored to have the opportunity to do something that helps the hundreds of thousands who continue to suffer the wounds of war long after the fighting on the battlefield has ended.

Death on the Home Front

Ann Jones | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Ann Jones

No society that sends its men abroad to do violence can expect them to come home and be at peace. Wake up, America. The boys are coming home, and they're not the boys who went away.

Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


Luis Carlos Montalván

Ask any veteran and he or she will tell you that over the past several years New York City's Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs has done little or nothing to assist the hundreds of thousands of veterans in the city.

VA Presumes All Veterans are Dishonorable

Luis Carlos Montalván and Rachel Natelson | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


Luis Carlos Montalván and Rachel Natelson

If we trust our troops to represent us honorably in battle, then surely we should afford them the benefit of the doubt when they seek compensation for their losses upon their return.

Army Suicides: My Experience

Kayla Williams | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living


Kayla Williams

I went into the psychiatrist's office and tried to explain my fears -- that I would never get better, never readjust, never make it in the civilian world.

"You Saved My Life" ... A Reason to Keep Reporting

Aaron Glantz | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


Aaron Glantz

After six years of war in Iraq, it is easy to get exhausted and depressed, then something happens that suddenly gives all your work meaning, that gives you the strength to continue.

More Dwell Time for Our Troops

Bobby Muller | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics


Bobby Muller

This bill, which would restore an approximately 1:2 ratio of time deployed to time at home, will help ensure that our brave soldiers have the time they need to rest, recuperate, and retrain.

Army Bases Brace For Surge In Stress-Related Disorders

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living


FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan...

PTSD: An Iraq War Veteran's Experience

Kim Stolz | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home


Kim Stolz

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is an illness that most people have a surfaced knowledge of, at best, even though its earliest reports date b...

Sen. McCain: Which Veterans' Benefits Should We Cut?

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics


Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)

Thousands of soldiers are coming home with PTSD as a result of living for extended periods in a combat zone. Is Senator McCain suggesting that we can't afford to give them benefits?

Soldier Made Famous By Photo Dies From Overdose

The Pilot | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


An Army medic whose image made the nation's front pages in the early days of the war in Iraq died in Pinehurst Saturday. Joseph Patrick Dwyer, 31, d...

PTSD: Bush's Ticking Time Bomb

Paul Peete | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home


Paul Peete

"He approached Bush and gave him a big hug, said he'd serve again anytime," says Sergeant Twiggs's widow. Had Sergeant Twiggs snapped then instead of later, Dick Cheney would be president now.

Post-War Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics


At the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in Washington, Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda,...