Tag Archives: post-traumatic stress disorder
Four members of the U.S. Air Force 2013 Warrior Games team recently sat down to share their stories.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator, Warrior Games
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The Office of Naval Research is co-funding an affordable, hi-tech solution that could help prevent PTSD and save billions in medical costs.
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Posted in DoD News, PTSD Awareness Month
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The desire to “end intense emotional suffering” was among the top factors cited by soldiers who had at some point attempted suicide, according to researchers from the University of Utah, who interviewed 132 soldiers at Fort Carson, Colo. While the …
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday, Suicide Prevention
Tagged anxiety disorders, Army Medical Research, Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members, Army Suicide Prevention Program, behavioral health issues, Colorado, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, Defense, Depression, DoD, Fort Carson, Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, health, Health Promotion, HP/RR/SP, medic, military, National Institute of Mental Health, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, post-traumatic stress disorder, Risk Reduction, STARRS, substance abuse, suicide, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention Task Force, wellness
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By Paul Ross U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs and Editor, Navy Medicine Magazine When my kid brother left for Iraq he was just that — a kid. He returned home shattered inside. The “dark pit,” as …
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