Tag Archives: posttraumatic stress disorder

How Well You Perform Physically May Depend On How Fit You Are Mentally

Posted on September 22, 2012 by bniegel

Dr. James Bender is a former Army psychologist who deployed to Iraq as the brigade psychologist for the 1st Cavalry Division 4th Brigade Combat Team out of Fort Hood, Texas. During his deployment, he traveled through Southern Iraq, from Basra …
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PTSD Awareness Month

Posted on June 7, 2012 by jtozer

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health problem that can occur after someone goes through a traumatic event like war, assault, or disaster. This month is PTSD Awareness Month, and the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs are raising …
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Medical Monday: My Injured Brain, My Wounded Heart

Posted on May 7, 2012 by jtozer

Loss and recovery are common themes for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). In my interview with Army Sgt. Mike Ortiz, he revealed his loss and his hope. This is his story. It’ll be two years this June since I …
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PTSD Patients Build Resiliency at Navy Medicine’s OASIS

Posted on August 15, 2011 by jtozer

By Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Paul Sargent, Division Officer and founding Program Director for Overcoming Adversity and Stress Injury Support (OASIS) As the founding director of the Overcoming Adversity and Stress Injury Support (OASIS) program, I have been thinking a lot …
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Military Spouses and PTSD – One Wife’s Telling Tale

Posted on May 16, 2011 by jtozer

Written by Diana Veseth-Nelson’s husband wife of retired Army Capt. Adrian Veseth-Nelson From www.dcoe.health.mil My husband’s PTSD manifested itself in different ways. I remember Fourth of July at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., when we were all standing outside listening to the …
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