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SFTT targets PTSD: Interview with Eilhys England Hackworth

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with SFTT Chairperson, Eilhys England Hackworth the wife, partner, co-author, and muse of Stand For the Troops (“SFTT”) founder, the late Colonel David H. Hackworth—America’s most valor-decorated soldier—from the late 1980s until his death. Since the passing of this great American hero in May 2005, Ms. England Hackworth has kept her deathbed promise to her husband to continue SFTT’s mission to protect America’s frontline troops.

The purpose of the meeting was to hear from SFTT’s ...

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VA Care for Patients with PTSD

As military service members deployed in Iraq begin come home, the alarm bells are beginning to sound as the Veterans Administration (“VA”)  now seems over-stretched to deal with alarming number of cases of service members with PTSD.

According to a recently published Rand study, excerpts of which are reported  by Health Affairs, “There is a large and growing population of veterans with severe and complex general medical, mental, and substance use disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, PTSD, and major ...

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PTSD: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Mental health problems and self-destructive behavior have always been difficult subjects to discuss, let alone diagnose and cure.   Since the 2008 Rand Corporation study on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) entitled Invisible Wounds of War:   Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery,  there has been growing preoccupation with the high incidence of psychological disorders affecting military men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.  According to the Rand study, it is estimated that ...

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PTSD: A Needs Assessment of New York State Veterans

Editors  Terry L. Schell and Terri Tanielian  of the Rand Corporation have recently issued a Technical Report for the New York State Health Foundation which chronicles some of the mental health challenges faced by returning veterans in New York State.  “The study found substantial elevated rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression among veterans. ”  The Technical Report to the New York State Health Foundation from the Rand Corporation may be read online (or ...

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Two disturbing stories focus attention on plight of military veterans

Two disturbing stories were recently published by the New York Times which draw attention to the tragic plight of military veterans whose lives and those of loved ones have been severely affected by combat stress disorders, commonly referred to as PTSD.    While one hopes and prays that our brave heroes will soon return home from deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is almost certain that – left untreated – the stress of combat will eventually manifest itself in ways that ...

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PTSD: The Unintended Consequence of War

Almost daily, we receive reports of the devastating impact of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) on our men and women in uniform and the terrible side-effects on their families and friends.   The US Army is aware of the terrible cost of PTSD as evidenced by the 2010 US Army Report on Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention.

Many publications suggest that the origins of PTSD are unknown as evidenced by this recent commentary from a government organization: 

“The cause ...

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