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Special Report: Military Spouse and Family Suicide Attempts need Attention (www.veteranstoday.com)

The wife of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had a message 13 January for those trying to prevent military suicides: Don't forget the spouses.

Tags: military spouses,military divorce rate,deployment stress

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Deployment and the Use of Mental Health Services among U.S. Army Wives (content.nejm.org)

Prolonged deployment was associated with more mental health diagnoses among U.S. Army wives, and these findings may have relevance for prevention and treatment efforts.

Tags: military spouses,military divorce rate,deployment stress

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Wife of Chairman JCS says military spouses also face suicide risk (news.yahoo.com)

The wife of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had a message Wednesday for those trying to prevent military suicides: Don't forget the spouses.

Tags: military spouses,military divorce rate,deployment stress

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Study: Fast morphine treatment may prevent PTSD (news.yahoo.com)

Quickly giving morphine to wounded troops cuts in half the chance they will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a provocative study that suggests a new strategy for preventing the... More

Tags: ptsd,new england journal of medicine,iraq troops,morphine

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Morphine Use after Combat Injury in Iraq and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (content.nejm.org)

Quickly giving morphine to wounded troops cuts in half the chance they will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a provocative study that suggests a new strategy for preventing the... More

Tags: ptsd,new england journal of medicine,iraq troops,morphine

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 1 Comments |

2008 CRS Report to Congress on Veteran Suicides (www.hooah4health.com)

Numerous news stories in the popular print and electronic media have documented suicides among service members and veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom... More

Tags: veterans,veterans suicides,va,veterans for common sense,vcs,congressional report service,crs

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 2 Comments |

Op-Ed: Fix VA's Broken Claims Process (www.veteransforcommonsense.org)

Significant deficiencies hamper the VA’s system for processing disability benefits claims, as evidenced by the nearly 1 million claims pending before the VA, an average processing time of 162 days,... More

Tags: veterans,veterans claims,va claims,veterans for common sense,vcs

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 2 Comments |

Multiple Deployments Triple Risk of PTSD (www.veteransforcommonsense.org)

Soldiers with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan are more than three times as likely as soldiers with no previous deployments to screen positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and... More

Tags: military deployments,iraq,afghanistan,ptsd,veterans for common sense,vcs

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Breaking News: VA Reports Suicide Rate Among Young Veterans Jumps 26 Percent in Two Years (www.veteransforcommonsense.org)

The suicide rate among 18- to 29-year-old men who've left the military has gone up significantly, the government said Monday.

Tags: veterans,veterans suicides,va,veterans for common sense,vcs

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Air Force Trains Airmen to be Boots on the Ground (www.expeditionarycenter.af.mil)

As these photo essays show, the Air Force is doing a much better job preparing Airmen to perform a ground force role.

Tags: air force,air expeditonary force,aef,aef training center

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

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