Veterans Mental Health Care

Memorial Day: Remembering Marty

Kelly Moore | Posted 07.30.2011

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Mental Health Care, Memorial Day, Army Suicides, Substance Abuse Treatment, Veterans, Politics News
Kelly Moore

The Department of Veterans Affairs may be incompetent, as the court declared, but the rest of us deserve equal scorn for failing to hold our government accountable to the men and women who put their lives on the line defending our freedom.

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Veterans Treatment Courts: A Crucial Reintegration Strategy

James R. Knickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Veterans-Courts, Veterans Mental Health Care, Veterans, Mental Health, Ptsd, New York News
James R. Knickman

Our legal system must devise new ways to cope with the veterans in the criminal justice system for nonviolent offenses. The first veterans court, in Buffalo, New York, is already showing results.

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Post-War Veteran Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths: U.S.

Bloomberg | Avram Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Institute of Mental Health, Afghanistan War, Warwire, Veterans Mental Health Care, Combat Deaths, Veteran Suicides, Iraq War, Veteran Suicides Study, Politics News

The number of suicides among veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may exceed the combat death toll because of inadequate mental health care, the U...

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