The United State Senate unanimously approved legislation authored by QUOTE The event is part of Senator Conrad's continuing efforts tobring greater awareness to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ("PTSD"), a severe anxiety disorder often associated with having experienced the trauma of combat. For the third year in a row the Senate ...

The following article entitled "Honor, Stigma…and PTSD" is written by Frank Ochberg who is the Co-Chair of SFTT’s Medical Task Force.   Dr. Ochberg has been dealing with the complexities of PTSD for some 40 years.   His words resonate even more strongly today as many troubled veterans are returning home to ...

In a heart-breaking story by Mike Scotti entitle " below: QUOTE THE Department of Veterans Affairs, already under enormous strain from the aging of the Vietnam generation, the end of the Iraq war and the continuing return of combat troops from Afghanistan, announced in April that it would increase its ...

In an editorial opinion published in the New York Times on May 26th entitled " QUOTE The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have repeatedly promised to do a better job of handling the medical evaluations of wounded and disabled service members. Instead, they are doing worse. The processing of ...

In the wake of a scathing report by the Inspector General which found fault with how quickly the Veterans Administration responds to the needs of veterans seeking mental-heath care, comes the inevitable hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth regarding how poorly we as a society treat our veterans. While it is ...

In a series of alarming reports, the V.A. and medical profession are beginning to wonder if treating PTSD with Opioid prescription drugs is the right course of action.   Referring to V.A. records, U.S. Medicine reports that "more than 141,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have been diagnosed with non-cancer pain. The ...

Eilhys England, Chairperson of Stand For The Troops, is pleased to announce that MAJ GEN John Batiste, US Army (Retired)  has been elected President of the Board of SFTT, a nonprofit 501(c)3 educational foundation based in Greenwich, CT.  General Batiste, President and CEO of Klein Steel, brings to SFTT the ...

Daily, SFTT receives disturbing reports of the tragic consequences of post traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD") among our brave warriors returning from the front lines of Afghanistan and Iraq.   With a returning veteran committing suicide every 80 minutes, the ongoing tragedy has triggered the well-deserved attention of investigative journalists, but ...

Last weekend, I had the privilege of visiting Warriors Salute in Rochester, NY which has an innovative and expanding program to treat veterans of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who suffer from PTSD.   I was fortunate to attend a training seminar hosted by Dr. Henry Grayson, Ph. D., for ...

SFTT's mission is to insure that our frontline troops have the best available leadership, equipment and training.   With the growing incidence of PTSD and TBI among military veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, SFTT recently launched their "You are not Alone" initiative to provide greater focus on diagnosing ...

In a remarkable article entitled published March 23 in the Opinion section of the Washington Post, Retired The article, quoted in its entirety, is a sad commentary on the current state of our ability to evaluate the readiness and mental well-being of men and women serving in harm's way. SFTT ...

Discussing war is never an easy topic, since most people have very strong views.   Personally - and I don't speak for SFTT on this issue - I tend to agree with Marcus Tullius Cicero who said that “An unjust peace is better than a just war.”    Now, one can read whatever ...