Category Archives: Veterans Services

Veterans and Brain Disease

Could blasts from bombs or grenades have a catastrophic impact similar to those of repeated -->

Veterans Affairs’ mental-health system denounced at hearing

Wednesday’s hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs followed the release of an inspector -->

Pressure to reduce VA disability claims may cause more delays, advocates warn

By Steve Vogel, Washington Post With the Department of Veterans Affairs facing a growing backlog -->

Nursing Groups to receive PTSD and TBI training

From Stars and Stripes By LEO SHANE III Published: April 10, 2012 WASHINGTON — A -->

Pentagon Stays Silent on Whether Suspect in Afghan Massacre Took Controversial Anti-Malaria Drug

Democracy Now!, March 27, 2012: As Staff. Sgt. Robert Bales is charged with murdering 17 -->

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans’ Day

The U.S. Senate declared March 30th as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, agreeing unanimously to -->

Facts Veterans Should Know

The current VA manual that is used by VA employees is M21-IMR ( the manual -->

Free VA Healthcare for Combat Veterans

Important Information Veterans Should Know: A veteran who has other than a dishonorable discharge from -->

Hotline available for soldiers, veterans over PTSD evaluations

Seattle Times, by Hal Bernton: The Army Medical Command has a hotline available for soldiers -->

VA Introduces Text Messaging to Expand Efforts to Prevent Suicide

WASHINGTON (Feb. 15, 2012) – The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its efforts to -->

When Wars End, Don’t Forget the Wounded Veterans

“Afghanistan and Iraq have produced more than 47,000 physically wounded Americans. Far too often, they -->

Veterans and PTSD Treatment

E.C. Hurley, PhD–Many veterans never dreamed of needing help coping with life following combat deployments. -->

Underestimating the True Prevalence of War Stress Injury in the Military

Mark C. Russell, PhD, ABPP–Media and official reports on prevalence rates of military war stress -->

VA Expands Benefits for Veterans with Genitourinary Injuries

US MEDICINE: WASHINGTON — VA has expanded traumatic injury benefits to include servicemembers who suffered -->

Veterans For Common Sense: Iraq and Afghanistan Impact Report January 2012

Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) has issued its quarterly report which combines findings taken from -->

Sleep Apnea Elevated in Veterans with PTSD

By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today VANCOUVER — Combat veterans with post-traumatic stress -->

First Lady to Announce Initiative to Help Veterans with PTSD

Associated Press–WASHINGTON – Michelle Obama has gotten a new commitment from medical schools to boost -->

PTSD Symptoms: Families of Veterans Should Be Aware

Rapid City Journal: By Loran Harris Loran Harris and Timothy Flaskamp, co-facilitators of the NAMI -->

Congress Approves $10 Million for Gulf War Illness Research

USA Today, by Kelly Kennedy – Congress has approved dedicating $10 million to research the -->

More Women in Combat Means More Mothers with PTSD

The percentage of women in the military has doubled in the last 30 years, with -->

Groundbreaking Research Looks at how Blasts Injure Brain

Can servicemembers who are near explosions, but don’t receive a blow to the head, still -->