Quantcast
Channel: Journalist's Resource » PTSD
Browsing all 10 articles
Browse latest View live

Treatment for Symptoms of Chronic Military Service-Related PTSD

Approximately 27% of military personnel sought medical assistance for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder through a Veterans Affairs (VA) health facility between  2002 and 2010, according to a...

View Article



Psychological Costs of War: Military Combat and Mental Health

Due to the intense nature and duration of the post-9/11 conflicts, the United States has needed to help an increasingly large pool of veterans who require long-term medical and mental health care. More...

View Article

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and National Guard...

Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is often described as a “signature injury” of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), primarily due to the prevalence of...

View Article

Homeless Veterans Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan: Comparisons with...

Homeless veterans, common in many cities and towns throughout the United States, account for between 20-25% of the overall homeless population. The Veteran’s Administration counted nearly 67,500...

View Article

Suicide Mortality Among Patients Treated by the Veterans Health...

The issue of military suicide has received significant attention recently, primarily because of the high number of suicides among active-duty service members. As the 2012 Time magazine cover story “One...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Cost of long-term medical and disability benefits to Afghanistan and Iraq...

To understand the true cost of war, one must consider not only the military operations themselves, but also the loss of life and the need of returning veterans for long-term medical and disability...

View Article

Intimate Relationships Among Returning Soldiers: Negative Emotionality, PTSD...

Since the Iraq and Afghanistan wars began a decade ago, more than 2 million Americans have served in these conflicts. Many have children and partners who are affected by their absence, and even when...

View Article

Treatment Receipt by Veterans After a PTSD Diagnosis in PTSD, Mental Health,...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common experience among returning veterans. According to a 2011 report by the Congressional Research Service, 27% of veterans who used VA health care between...

View Article


Improving Risk Assessment of Violence among Military Veterans

Why do some veterans become violent after deployment and others slip easily back into normal life? What experiences either post-, pre- or during service can trigger aggression or domestic violence? How...

View Article


Women in the U.S. military and combat roles: Research roundup

On January 23, 2013, the Pentagon indicated that it would lift its ban on allowing women to serve in combat roles. The announcement comes after a long and complex series of legal and professional...

View Article
Browsing all 10 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images