Friday, April 29, 2011
Can traumatic memories be erased?
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Men’s and Women’s Immune Systems Respond Differently to PTSD
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
More Marines now eligible to receive Purple Heart for TBI - News - Stripes
WASHINGTON — It’s no longer necessary for Marines suffering from mild traumatic brain injuries to have been knocked unconscious to qualify for a Purple Heart, a retroactive change that could affect thousands of troops who have served in battle since Sept. 11, 2001.
Under a new fleetwide instruction, Marines who retain consciousness after a concussion may receive the medal if diagnosed by a medical officer as not fit for full duty “due to persistent signs, symptoms, or findings of functional impairment for a period greater than 48 hours from the time of the concussive incident.”
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tweaked helmet would better protect our troops
Monday, April 25, 2011
Coming Home: Helping Kids Reconnect After Deployment
Friday, April 22, 2011
Military Medicine’s Commitment to Combatting TBI
The U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force Medical Departments are moving expeditiously with a great sense of urgency to field an unprecedented Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine (MRI) capability for our forces in Afghanistan as part of an overall comprehensive approach to diagnosing and treating concussive injuries on the battlefield despite the claims made recently by USA Today (No MRIs To The Rescue Yet For War-Zone Brain Injuries, USA Today, April 15, 2011).
I and my fellow Surgeons General remain fully supportive of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs’ initiative to send MRIs to Afghanistan to help our wounded personnel cope with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). We recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan to meet with all the senior military medical and line leadership in the region to discuss the challenges of fielding this capability in depth. This is a complex and unprecedented acquisition issue and we are working hard to push the system to field this equipment as soon as possible while ensuring it will do the job we intend it to do while operating in a combat theater.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Local soldiers give advice to the ones just getting home | NewsFirst5.com | Colorado Springs | Pueblo |
Local soldiers, looking for ways to deal with their own stress since returning from war, are trying to help soldiers just coming home by giving advice on how make the transition that has been tough for so many.
The Army begins screening soldiers right when they get home to see who needs help. Captain Brett Kelley works with Fort Carson's Transition Command, which has about 700 soldiers who are home and most of whom are medically discharging from the Army.
"We do a pretty good job, but obviously if you have eight-thousand, nine-thousand soldiers coming back you're going to have a lot of issues," says Capt. Kelley.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Families get 'training' for upcoming war deployment
Now it’s time to train their families.
The 3,800-soldier brigade will head for combat in June. This week, the brigade worked to let spouses know what to expect during the time apart and who can help them through it.
By: Tom Roeder
Monday, April 18, 2011
Government increases hiring of veterans, but unemployment rate is still high
By Lisa Rein
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Let's Be Heroes to Our Veterans
Operating under severe stress that's exacerbated by cultural dislocation, our troops have made courageous decisions, flawed decisions, and deadly decisions. An aberrant few have become murderers. Such is the great tragedy of all wars: they turn young men into killers.
Even in democracies, even in freedom-loving countries, war twists the best of intentions and pollutes the most honorable of minds. It's a tribute to our military that the vast majority of our troops have tried their hardest to uphold standards of decency that are consistent with American values. For their effort and their sacrifices, they deserve our gratitude.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Struggle for Female Veterans to Transition into Civilian Jobs
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Mental Health Screening and Coordination of Care for Soldiers Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan
Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks, M.D., M.R.C.Psych.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Michelle Obama previews--a bit--Tuesday launch of her military family initiative. Transcript
"...for the past two years, I've traveled this country meeting with military families and working to raise awareness of the incredible contributions that these families are making, and it's why next week Jill Biden and I are launching a new nationwide campaign calling on every single American to honor, recognize, and support our military families. And our message is very clear: It's that every American has the ability -- and the obligation -- to give something back to our military families," Mrs. Obama said.
"Everybody can do something. Schools can work to better meet the needs of military kids. Businesses can make an effort to hire military spouses. Ordinary citizens can do something as simple as offering to shovel the snow, babysit, organize events in their communities to celebrate these families.
By Lynn Sweet
Friday, April 8, 2011
MOMC: Real Warriors Celebrating Military Children
The Real Warriors Campaign is celebrating the Month of the Military Child with a comprehensive list of opportunities that service members and their loved ones across the nation can partake in. A variety of these activities not only promote togetherness, but also family resilience and readiness.Activities range from letter-writing, crafts, scrapbooking, and story/activity books specifically designed for military children. Some activities are available for no-cost download on the site.More importantly, the site offers resources for service members on how to communicate with their children about deployment, and offers online resources as well as some tips for real-life guidance both through the Real Warriors Campaign and DCoE’s Health Center.
by Jian DeLeon
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Military Children Deserve Nation’s Gratitude
“We applaud their character and maturity, and we acknowledge that kids serve too,” Robert L. Gordon III, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy, wrote in a blog today titled “Month of the Military Child: Kids Serve Too.”
Each April, Americans pause to recognize the contributions and sacrifices of the nation’s 1.8 million military children and youth during Month of the Military Child.
“It’s a life of frequent moves, changing schools, leaving friends and making new friends,” Gordon wrote.
Gordon highlighted a few of the Defense Department’s programs intended to support military families and children.
The department, for example, is working with state officials to develop the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Gordon said, which is designed to ease school transitions and to support children through deployments. The compact provides common guidelines for participating states to follow in handling issues such as enrollment age, records transfer and graduation requirements.
By Elaine Sanchez
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Rx for Combat Stress: Comradeship
By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
UT study helps identify soldiers more at risk for PTSD
Monday, April 4, 2011
Defense contractors make hiring veterans a priority
By Marjorie Censer
Friday, April 1, 2011
Fighting to ensure veterans get jobs
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