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Marlowe Brown: Healing A War-Torn Spirit (WATCH)

2012-05-28T07:10:26Z

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance of those who have died in our nation's service. Regardless of what our opinions are about war, one fact remains: There are thousands of people who survive who are in great need of healing.

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Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Filing For Disability Benefits At Historic Rate

2012-05-27T18:00:00Z

-- America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generatio...

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Dave Helfert: Memorial Day: Honor the Fallen, Remember the Living

2012-05-27T11:24:16Z

This Memorial Day, honor those who have fallen in service to the nation. They have given the last full measure and they surely deserve our respect and gratitude. But take just a minute to honor those who fought in our wars and lived. For many, their battles are far from over.

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Ben Patton: This Memorial Day: Listen

2012-05-25T08:27:05Z

Many of the men and women in uniform returning to civilian communities in the next few years will be largely isolated from those they once fought alongside, or other veterans who might understand. This, my father and grandfather would have easily understood.

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Marian Salzman: The Brains That Bind Us

2012-05-23T16:45:40Z

Although two of the greatest attributes of our country might be our competitive spirit and our defense of our values and freedoms, one can't help but wonder at what price. Brains are the tie that binds us, but are we really coming undone? Think about it.

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Nick Ortner: Bringing Inner Peace to Rwanda

2012-05-22T15:00:10Z

In Rwanda, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is nothing short of a national epidemic. The many millions of men, women and young adults who survive...

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PHOTOS: Former Marine Faces Death Penalty

2012-05-21T13:28:04Z

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former Marine accused of murdering four homeless men and a woman and her s...

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Elaine Gavalas: Yoga Stress Relief for Soldiers

2012-05-17T11:13:52Z

Faced with the highest army suicide rates in at least 30 years, U.S. military officials are examining ways to help treat psychologically wounded soldiers.

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Steve Peck: Bringing Vets Back Inside the Wire

2012-05-16T19:13:01Z

For many veterans returning from war, the battle is far from over. We are but one of many organizations devoted to helping vets. As we are reminded on a much too frequent basis, the problems are huge.

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Margaret Stone: Veterans, Addiction and PTSD: Let's Talk About It

2012-05-16T15:15:42Z

The question I face about our work is, "Doesn't the VA handle this?" The Department of Veterans Affairs works tirelessly to address the mental health needs of vets, but the reality is that it can't provide care to all those who have served.

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Michael Winship: At a Military Hospital, Warriors Are Not the Only Wounded

2012-05-16T00:16:58Z

Wounded Warrior had asked some of us to come to Landstuhl to meet with the medical staff there. Some 3,000 strong, military and civilian, they work ceaselessly in what has become one of the busiest trauma centers in the world.

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Irwin Stovroff: The Right Ruff! -- What Makes an Elite Service Dog

2012-05-10T19:41:03Z

Having seen the profound impact these dogs make on the lives of men and women who have sacrificed so much for their country, I can tell you that it's all worth it -- and then some. And, by the way, the dogs love it too.

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Kevin O'Brien: The Other Side of Veterans With Post Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury PTS/TBI

2012-05-09T17:55:52Z

It is our intent to showcase veterans who are looking for work, many who suffer from PTS/TBI, and the employers who have stepped up to hire them through the 10,000 Jobs for Veterans and Military Spouses Challenge.

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Discouraging News For Troops With PTSD

2012-05-09T15:35:21Z

WASHINGTON -- Blue Star Families, an advocacy group for military family members, released a report Wednesday that says a high percentage of service me...

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New Harbinger: How You Can Help Returning Warriors

2012-05-08T12:18:50Z

Surely we can all agree that our veterans gave us their best, and in return, they deserve the best from each of us. But what can each of us do, as family, friends and concerned citizens to help ease the burden of our returning servicemen and women?

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SGT Tanangachi Mfuni: So... Why Would a Dog Be on Facebook?

2012-05-08T09:11:15Z

Roll your eyes, but this three-year-old Facebooking Boston Terrier has 141 friends on the social networking site.

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Steve Nardizzi: Supporting Wounded Soldiers

2012-05-04T12:30:50Z

As we look to the future, much is still unknown. What we do know is that this war is far from over, and its startling effects will last well beyond the 2014 deadline.

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Scout, Ph.D.: Thousands of Vietnam POWs Fight for Health Insurance

2012-05-02T13:01:21Z

For the last two years, Mr. Khao has contacted every legislator he can, asking for official recognition and veteran's benefits for these thousands of U.S. citizens who were soldiers for the CIA's secret war in Laos. So far nothing has come to pass.

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Wendy Strgar: National Abandonment

2012-04-30T14:12:01Z

Worldwide, the question of how we care for each other, how a society sustains itself, is being examined. But nowhere is this abandonment being more acutely felt than among returning veterans and their families.

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To Heal Wounds Of War, Ex-Marine Turns Camera On Himself

2012-04-27T11:50:04Z

LOS ANGELES -- An ex-Marine filmmaker whose unit carried pocket digital cameras into some of the worst fighting in Iraq is using that footage, and pos...

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Tetris May Help Treat Debilitating Condition

2012-04-25T15:40:15Z

By: Robin Nixon, LiveScience Contributor
Published: 04/25/2012 12:55 PM EDT on LiveScience

LONDON — A seemingly trivial task – playing a par...

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Soldier In Trouble For Attempted Suicide

2012-04-24T12:59:20Z

A Fort Carson soldier is facing charges from the district attorney's office after shooting his wife in the leg during a suicide attempt.

Joshua Bra...

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May Benatar, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.: The Orange Biographies, the Healing Narrative, and Somatic Techniques

2012-04-24T13:17:09Z

I suppose I have given up my aspiration for greatness. But I have not relinquished my passion for stories, the stories of a life. This has sustained me over decades in the practice of psychotherapy.

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Jonathan D. Moreno: Gene Screens for Soldiers

2012-04-22T16:09:37Z

What are the implications for society if a serious mental illness can be avoided by deliberately excluding some people from certain sorts of situations? Should our screening mechanisms become so heavy-handed, if the technology allows it?

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Francesco Clark: Losing Control and Gaining Yourself

2012-04-19T09:32:10Z

I started to realize that my work ethic, while good for work, was leading to an unbalanced life. It made me ask: How do you realize the difference between a passion and having a complex?

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