PTSD in the News: Month of July
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 • Uncategorized •
Check here to find out what is in the news pertaining to PTSD. For Military News, scroll down.
GENERAL PTSD NEWS
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Do You Have Outrageous Symptoms That Ruin Your Life? Ptsd- Do you have past traumas that you can’t get over? In your past is there war and violence that make you have fits, panic constantly so they can’t get on your life, career, relationships?
NEW! Following a Script to Escape a Nightmare: Her car is racing at a terrifying speed through the streets of a large city, and something gruesome, something with giant eyeballs, is chasing her, closing in fast.
NEW! 9/11 Trauma Influenced Lawyer’s Misconduct, Court Finds: A New York appellate court has overturned a finding that a personal injury lawyer had misappropriated client funds with dishonest or fraudulent intent, citing post-9/11 trauma the attorney blamed for his conduct.
Ecstacy Shows Promise in Treating PTSD: Ecstasy has always been an unusual drug of abuse. Its high is complicated: there is euphoria, certainly, and an amphetamine kick.
PTSD Peaks at Different Ages in Men, Women: Women are most vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) between ages 51 and 55, while men are more prone to the condition from ages 41 to 45, a new study finds.
Haitians help heal their wounds with music that ‘reaches the soul’: It had only been a few weeks since Haiti’s devastating earthquake when two young men complaining of headaches and trembling walked into a Port-au-Prince health clinic.
Dog bites can leave kids with emotional scars too: When animals attack, some kids might develop post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
Brain Injury Ignites Passion for Art Therapy: Shari Lynn Beame was 17 years old in 1988, looking forward to graduating from high school and becoming a reporter.
Caregiving — Fireworks and PTSD: Memorial Day may be the beginning of summer, but Independence Day is the unofficial beginning of firecracker season, which can be hard on military veterans, the elderly and pets.
Crystal Meth Studied as Possible Treatment for PTSD: A University of Calgary researcher hopes to learn more about human memory by studying the effects of crystal meth on snails.
MILITARY NEWS
NEW! The Healing Power of Music Brought to Veterans by Real Guitar Heroes: In 2007, guitar instructor Patrick Nettesheim and guitar-playing Vietnam War veteran Dan Van Buskirk founded Guitars for Vets, a unique form of music therapy offered to veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Guitars for Vets (G4V) is a nonprofit that provides one-on-one guitar lessons and a new acoustic guitar to veterans in recovery.
VA relaxes application process for benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder: The Department of Veterans Affairs is encouraging military veterans previously denied benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder to start reapplying Tuesday as the agency’s tedious claims process comes to an end.
Military Nurse Talks About Her Struggle and Eventual Healing from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mary Carlisle is profiled in the Real Warriors Campaign, a group that encourages military personnel to get help for PTSD.
Soldiers Want More Combat-Relevant PT Test: The Army plans to overhaul the 30-year-old Army Physical Fitness Test and soldiers couldn’t agree more: “Army Strong” should be even stronger.
War Crimes — Vanguard Trailer: Correspondent Kaj Larsen investigates the alarming rise in the number of soldiers who have been traumatized by war and are now accused of bringing the violence home.
Obama: More post-traumatic stress help for vets: President Barack Obama calls “a long overdue step” to aid veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it easier for them to receive federal benefits.
Veterans Affair to Ease Claim Process for Disability: The government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits, a change that could affect hundreds of thousands of veterans from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.
Program Helping Service Women Coping with PTSD: Twice this month, the Capital Region has known the sorrow of losing a soldier to war. Many more will return home bearing the scars of battle. Some will be the invisible wounds of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.)
Dogs, Horses Help U.S. Army Fight PTSD: The U.S. Army is employing not only man’s best friend but horses as well to help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, an Army officer says.
Sen. Gillibrand: Government Should do More for Vets with PTSD: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says more should be done to help veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.
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