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Home Invasion & Kidnapping: Banks Need To Wake Up

Michelle Renee | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Robbery, Bank of America, Held Hostage, Banks, Robbery Training, Ptsd, Kidnapping, Business News

What have they done to update their policies to better protect and inform their staff? I'm a former banking industry executive who survived home invasion, kidnapping, hostage and bank robbery.

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Of No Fixed Address: A Real Job

Christopher Devine | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Veterans PTSD, Poverty, Homeless Veterans, Panhandling, Homelessness, Chicago Homeless, Ptsd, Oral History, Streetwise, Chicago News

This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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Redefining 'Realism'

Robert Koehler | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washingtong Political Establishment, Cabinet, Ptsd, War on Terror, Barack Obama, Politics News

The war regroups. What if Barack Obama, as he pursues his pragmatic strategy that so far seems to be 10 parts "reassurance" (to the defense and financ...

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Army Bases Brace For Surge In Stress-Related Disorders

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Veteran Health, Iraq PTSD, Ptsd, Veterans, Living News

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...

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Mumbai Hostages: The Long Term Effects

Michelle Renee | Posted 12.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Held Hostage, Mumbai, Ptsd, Terrorist Attack, Hostages in India, American Hostages, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Terrorism, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai Terrorism, Living News

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder was something I had never even known about until I was experiencing it while I watched my daughter emotionally disappear right along with me.

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To Hell And Back Again

Angela Peacock | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

Read More: In Their Boots, Angela Peacock, US Army, Rape in the Army, Sexual Assualt, Ptsd, Brave New Foundation, Living News

I was an 18-year old, fresh out of high school, with an M16 and camouflage paint smeared on my face. No one told me that eleven years later, I'd be tired, very broken, isolated, and damaged goods.

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Recession Causes Bank Robbery Spike

Michelle Renee | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Bank Robbery, Bank of America, Banks, Banking Crisis, Ptsd, Economy, Emotional Wellness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Bank Employee Trauma, Bank Employee Orientation, Financial Hardship, Bank Employee Ptsd, Recession, Bank Robbery Ptsd, Ptsd Training, Financial Crisis, Employee Wellness, Business News

What is missing from bank robbery training is the post trauma element that will educate employees about the emotional toll these types of incidents most likely will have on them.

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Taking Care of Our Veterans

Joseph A. Violante | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Ptsd, Veterans Health Care, Barack Obama, Partners for Veterans Health Care Budget Reform, Veterans Day, Veterans, Politics News

We must never forget the very real sacrifices already made by millions of American veterans who have been injured or disabled as a result of their service.

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A Memo to President-Elect Obama from America's New Veterans

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iava, Mental Health, New Administration, Rieckhoff, Obama, Election, Ptsd, Veterans, President-Elect, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Presidential Election, Election Analysis, 100 Days, Politics News

President Obama is going to be held to a very high standard by the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. We'll be watching, and holding everyone in Washington accountable.

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PTSD: An Iraq War Veteran's Experience

Kim Stolz | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq War Veteran, Iraq PTSD, Veterans PTSD, Rutgers University, Soldiers PTSD, Iraq, Ptsd, Veterans, Home News

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...

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Veterans Need Barack Obama

Jack Lewis | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Vete, Veterans Affairs, Veterans PTSD, Ptsd, Veterans, John McCain, John McCain Veterans, Mccain, Home News

Pundits have called McCain's body language during the first presidential debate "arrogant" and "dismissive." To me, John looked like he was flinching away from a physical beating.

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

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

Read More: Iraq PTSD, John McCain, Ptsd, Mccain Veterans, Walter Reed, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mccain Veterans Benefits, Politics News

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?

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Bp, Exxon Mobil, Donald Rumsfeld, Pepper Spray, Traffic Pollution, VA Chantix, Dick Cheney, Shell Oil, Iraq War Veteran, Childhood Allergies, Peak Oil, Democratic National Convention Denver, Blackwater Iraq, Clean Technology, Ptsd, No-Bid Contracts, Global Warming, Sharia, Media News

Government report links extreme weather to global warming, traffic pollution to childhood allergies, Denver Police stockpiling pepper weapons and Rumsfeld got torture advice from Army psychologists.

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One Enlists, One Graduates

Mona Gable | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Iraq War, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Military, Rand Study, National Institute of Mental Health, Recruiters, Military Recruiting, Ptsd, Politics News

My son's friend enlisted in the Army because he was lost. He joined because in an economy with few good-paying jobs and little opportunity, it was the best future he could envision for himself.

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PTSD: Bush's Ticking Time Bomb

Paul Peete | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq PTSD, Iraq War, Iraq, Ptsd, President Bush, Offthebus, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Morris Twiggs Ptsd, Shannan Marcak, Kellee Twiggs, Marcak Twiggs, Twiggs White Hoiuse, Twiggs Bush, Twiggs Ptsd, Cody Alexander Morris, Travis N. Twiggs, Home News

"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.

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Wartime PTSD cases jumped roughly 50 pct. in 2007

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Ptsd, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, US Soldiers, Iraq War, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The number of troops with new cases of post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007 amid the military buildu...

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Shocker: As Suicides Surge, Military Reveals 40,000 Cases of PTSD

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suicides, Troops, Vets, War, War Wire, Iraq, V.A., Ptsd, Veterans, Post Tramatic Stress Disorder, Politics News

As press reports proliferate concerning Iraq vet suicides, officials are encouraging troops to get help, even if they go to civilian therapists and don't report it to the military.

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Post-War Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths

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

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Iraq Veteran Suicide, War in Iraq, Iraq Suicides, Iraq PTSD, Ptsd, Politics News

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

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Ashcroft Assailed By Protesters, Backpedals On Waterboarding

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, John Ashcroft Waterboarding, John Ashcroft, Ptsd, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Anxiety, Breaking Politics News, Depression, Politics News

Last night, John Ashcroft delivered an address on the Cornell University campus "in the face of shouting dissenters and shrouded protesters." At his l...

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John Ashcroft: I'm Willing To Be Waterboarded

Think Progress | Faiz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, John Ashcroft Waterboarding, Ptsd, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Anxiety, Breaking Politics News, John Ashcroft, Depression, Politics News

Last night, former Attorney General John Ashcroft delivered an address on national security at the University of Colorado. The event was marked by hea...

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