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News Articles about PTSD, TBI & Suicide Prevention
- One in eight returning soldiers suffers from PTSD; but less than half with problems seek help, NBC News, December 30, 2008
- Iraq war vet continues to struggle with traumatic brain injury, Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, December 29, 2008
- Military struggles with response to PTSD, CBS Evening News, December 26, 2008
- Medical worker scarred by wartime experiences, Dallas Morning News, December 25, 2008
- Despite uproar, officials say all well at WTU, Army Times, December 23, 2008
- Multiple deployments increase stress, study says, USA Today, December 20, 2008
- NVLSP sues Army for denying lifetime benefits & healthcare to thousands of vets with PTSD, NVLSP news release, December 18, 2008. Read the news release and complaint.
- For troops and the military system trying to help them, Traumatic Brain Injury is new territory, Stars & Stripes, December 10, 2008
- The War Within: Chapter 2 (veteran suicide), In Their Boots, December 10, 2008
- PTSD's effects, ABC News, December 4, 2008
- The War Within: Chapter 1 (veteran suicide), In Their Boots, December 3, 2008
- Divorces rise among military couples, USA Today, December 2, 2008
- Soldier suicides: why so high? The Olympian, December 1, 2008
- VA has a history of losing papers, St. Petersburg Times, November 30, 2008
- Loyalty draws a sergeant back to war, News & Observer, November 30, 2008
- Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders, Associated Press, November 29, 2008
- Suffering soldiers, ABC News, November 27, 2008
- Spouse Calls: PTSD – another perspective, Stars & Stripes, November 23, 2008
- More US soldiers seek substance abuse help, USA Today, November 21, 2008
- Young marine suffered from PTSD, ABC News, November 20, 2008
- Post-traumatic stress under-treated: Local soldiers affected, WPXI, November 19, 2008
- Homecoming veterans often face inner challenge, HealthDay, November 12, 2008
- Crackdown begins on personality disorder separations, Stars & Stripes, November 11, 2008
- Army and agency will study rising suicide rate among soldiers, New York Times October 30, 2008
- Post-traumatic stress is a war within for military and civilians, USA Today, October 26, 2008
- Iraq vets and post-traumatic stress: no easy answers, CNN, October 24, 2008
- A vet's struggle with PTSD, CNN, October 24, 2008
- Mentally unstable soldiers redeployed to Iraq, ABC News, October 23, 2008
- Wounds of battle come back home, Clarksville Leaf-Courier, October 13, 2008
- Joint Chiefs Chairman wants PTSD screenings, USA Today, October 12, 2008
- Pentagon researches alternative treatments, USA Today, October 7, 2008
- Family sues over soldier's suicide, intelligencer Journal, October 7, 2008
- Soldier suicides, Dallas Observer, October 1, 2008
- Brain trauma in war: It is the black box of injuries, The Ledger, October 1, 2008
- Army creates suicide prevention board, CNN, September 29, 2008
- VA changing ways of assessing traumatic brain, burn injuries, The Providence Journal, September 28, 2008
- Go to war, get traumatized, get the boot, Seattle Weekly, September 24, 2008
- Marine Corps steps up fight against PTSD, WSAV September 16, 2008
- Army looks for outside help to reduce suicides, Associated Press, Sep 11, 2008
- Doctors to lead research on brain injuries, PTSD, San Diego Union Tribune, September 10, 2008
- Army suicide rate could top nation's this year, CNN, September 9, 2008
- VA Report: Male veteran suicides at highest in 2006, USA Today, September 8, 2008
- New army general leads PTSD, TBI initiatives, Psychiatry News September 5, 2008
- Soldier suicide rate may set record again, CBS News, September 4, 2008
- PTSD versus traumatic brain injury, KTTU, August 28, 2008
- There's stress, and then there's post-traumatic stress syndrome, Seattle Times, August 28, 2008
- Drinking problems greater among returning combat veterans, ABC News, August 13, 2008
- Pentagon spends $300M to study troops' stress, trauma, ABC News, August 5, 2008
- DoD to shell out $300 million to study PTSD/TBI, Marine Corps Times, August 4, 2008
- VA to increase benefits for mild brain trauma, USA Today, September 23, 2008
- Soldier in famous photo never defeated 'demons,' Associated Press, July 20, 2008
- As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts, Associated Press, July 19, 2008
- Congress: stop drug-testing on vets now and investigate, ABC News, June 18, 2008
- PTSD increases among troops, CNN, June 5, 2008
- Judge to consider VA e-mail about PTSD diagnoses, Associated Press, June 5, 2008
- VA denies money a factor in PTSD diagnoses, Associated Press, June 3, 2008
- Army tallies record number of suicides, USA Today, May 29, 2008
- VA hid suicide risk, internal emails show, CBS News, April 21, 2008
- Study: 1 in 5 troops suffers from depression or PTSD, USA Today, April 17, 2008. Go to the study.
- Mental health injuries scar 300,00 troops, Associated Press, April 17, 2008
- One In Five Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from PTSD or major depression, Rand Center for Military Health Policy Research, April 17, 2008. Go to the study.
- As wars lengthen, tolls on military families mount, USA Today, July 28, 2008
- Col: DoD delayed brain injury scans, USA Today, March 18, 2008
- A fifth of soldiers at PTSD risk, USA Today, March 6, 2008
- Military study ties soldier's symptoms to stress, USA Today, January 30, 2008
- Mental toll of war hitting female servicemembers, USA Today, January 8, 2008