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PTSD stories: 37 news summaries

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Military Families Sue VA Over Suicides

Agency doesn't do enough for veterans' mental health, suit says

Apr 21, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Veterans Affairs hasn’t done enough to stem the “rising tide” of suicides and mental health problems, according to a class action lawsuit going to trial this week. Roughly 20% of deployed US troops are suffering from mental illness, a recent study shows, and an average of 18 kill... More »

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military • veterans • suicide • veterans' benefits • veterans' health care • lawsuit • Department of Veterans Affairs • PTSD

Mental Disorders Huge Issue for US Troops

300K have depression or stress from combat, and half don't seek help

Apr 17, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - 300,000 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have either post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression, and another 320,000 suffered brain injuries, the AP reports. RAND Corporation, in the first private evaluation of mental injury from the conflicts, found 18.5% of combat troops suffered from major depression... More »

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health care • PTSD • brain injuries • Iraq veterans • traumatic brain injury • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

Tiny Shocks
Win by a Nose

Sense of smell shows electric response; technique could help PTSD patients

Mar 28, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Electric shocks can sharpen the sense of smell, a finding that suggests new ways of altering sensory perception, the Chicago Tribune reports. MRIs showed subjects’ brains actually changing after researchers administered tiny shocks, which improved their ability to distinguish between similar smells. Because many psychological conditions relate to the senses,... More »

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mental health • brain • MRI • therapy • sense of smell • PTSD • electrical shocks • health research • phobias

$100K Virginia Tech Offer Slammed as 'Insult' to Victims

Proposed settlement aims to head off lawsuits over university massacre

Mar 25, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The state of Virginia is offering $100,000 to each family of the 32 students and teachers killed by a lone gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre, the Virginian-Pilot reports. If accepted, the settlement would prevent families from suing the state for negligence. One attorney called the offer "for... More »

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Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • university • school shooting • Virginia • lawsuit • PTSD

Gene Linked
to Stress Disorder

Could explain why some soldiers are
more susceptible

Mar 19, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A gene that may influence an individual's susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder has been identified by psychologists at Emory University, Time reports. A study of low-income African-American adults in the Atlanta area, 80% of whom had experienced trauma, found that certain versions of a gene were linked to higher PTSD... More »

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Atlanta • genetics • mental health • genetic screening • Emory University • PTSD

 9/11 Illnesses Haunt Journalists 

Those who covered Ground Zero report breathing problems, other ailments

Mar 12, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The helicopter ride through the burning World Trader Center's thick, chemical-laden smoke won Keith Meyers' 9/11 photos a share of the Pulitzer, but he says it cost him his health and career. "I could feel my skin tingling and burning," recalls the former New York Times photographer. Like... More »

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cancer • media • New York City • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • September 11 • journalist • asthma • PTSD • Twin Towers • coughing

Homeless Vets Spark Outcry: Haven't We Learned?

1,500 back from Iraq now in poverty

Jan 20, 08 4:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq war veterans are suffering from stress, turning to alcohol, and falling into poverty—a fate that prompts some to ask whether the US has learned from tragedies of veterans past. Washington has identified 1,500 Iraq vets as homeless and helped about a third, but echoes of Vietnam persist... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • mental illness • homeless • PTSD • Iraq veterans • Iraq war

PTSD: Vets Wage Internal Wars

Combat trauma continues to plague returning soldiers

Jan 13, 08 10:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Records of post-traumatic stress disorder go as far back as The Odyssey, and Iraq veterans are adding to the list. Combat trauma has been repeatedly linked with rates of unemployment, substance abuse, domestic violence and criminality above the national average. Yet  PTSD victims aren't getting the treatment they need, and... More »

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Iraq • veterans • mental health • PTSD • Iraq veterans

Vets' Mental Issues Slow to Surface: Study

Troops more likely to report disorders
3-6 months after return from combat

Nov 14, 07 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - US troops report worse mental health several months after returning from Iraq than immediately after getting home, an Army study shows. Upon return home, one general said, “you’re almost euphoric,” but later “the stress starts to resurface.” The study also found that National Guard reservists... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • veterans • mental health • PTSD

Photographer Haunted by Iraq Death

Did a soldier die so he could get a
picture, he wonders in talk about book

Nov 4, 07 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Photographer Ashley Gilbertson tried to be as emotionally removed as possible while working in Iraq, but once he let soldiers protect him as he ran to get a close-up. There was a shot, Gilbertson felt blood; one of the men protecting him was killed. It's something he has deeply regretted... More »

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Iraq • photography • war • photographers • PTSD • Ashley Gilbertson • Iraq war

Brain Holds Stress-Coping Mechanism

Scientists find chemical that's key to keeping your cool—or not

Oct 21, 07 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out keeping your cool really is all in your head—scientists now pinpoint those most susceptible to stress as having too much of a chemical in a region of the brain that regulates reward signals, Reuters reports. The discovery could shed light on treatments for PTSD and depression, which... More »

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depression • stress • psychology • PTSD

Veteran Stress Cases Surge

VA took on 20,000
new cases—up 70%
—in one year

Oct 19, 07 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Department of Veterans Affairs reported treating 20,000 new cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a 12-month period ending in June, up an astounding 70% from the same time the previous year, reports USA Today. The VA counts a total of nearly 50,000 PTSD cases, and expects the... More »

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veterans • mental health • PTSD • Iraq veterans

Long Combat Tours Take Mental Toll

Brit Study: Alcoholism, post traumatic stress soar after 13 months

Aug 3, 07 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soldiers who serve extended tours in combat zones have much higher rates of alcoholism, post traumatic stress syndrome and problems at home, a large British study has found. Of those in war zones for more than 13 months over three years, one in four had "severe" alcohol problems, compared... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • mental health • alcoholism • war • mental illness • British troops • soldier • PTSD

Injured GIs Pledged Better Care

Commission calls for overhaul of military health system

Jul 26, 07 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The military health care system is inadequate to treat the casualties of  two modern wars and the nation should immediately move to overhaul it, a bipartisan presidential commission concluded yesterday. The panel called for improvements in treatment of brain injuries and post traumatic stress syndrome, as well as changes in... More »

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Robert Gates • Jim Nicholson • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Wounded Warriors • Bob Dole • Donna E. Shalala • PTSD

Army Hospital MIA on Stress Disorders

Walter Reed lacks resources to cope with growing problem

Jun 18, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though 20 to 40 soldiers are sent home from Iraq each month with severe mental problems, the Army's largest hospital has no post-traumatic stress disorder center, reports the Washington Post. There is also a severe shortage of doctors qualified to treat these patients. Not long ago, the head of psychiatry... More »

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health care • veterans • psychiatry • stress • soldier • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • PTSD

(Newser) - George Packer traveled the world from Baghdad to Malmo to Damascus to talk to the Iraqis, mostly young,  who have served the American military as interpreters, intelligence gathers and local experts.  He finds a disillusioned group of once pro-American Iraqis betrayed by mistrust, bureaucratic indifference, and outright lack... More »

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Iraq • military • America • stress • bureaucracy • troop withdrawal • US Army • PTSD

The Women's War

The Unprecedented Deployment of Women's in the Iraq War Has Created Unprecedented Challenges for Them and the Armed Forces

Mar 18, 07 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sara Corbett writes in The New York Times Magazine about the role of women soldiers in the Iraq war and the extraordinary toll it is taking on many of them. More »

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Iraq • women • harassment • US Army • soldier • PTSD • Iraq war

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