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APA sessions highlight psychological wounds of war, Healio Psychiatry — 5/21/2013
Retired Army Col. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health, discusses the military track at the 2013 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.
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One soldier's struggle with PTSD, Hawaii News Now — 5/21/2013
They fight for our country, but the price they pay for protecting our freedoms is sometimes their peace of mind.
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Yoga program focuses on wounded warriors, Army Times — 5/20/2013
Lt. Col. Shaye Molendyke has seen the mental health effects of war up close and personal. She worked the psychiatric ward at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and daily, she saw the invisible effects of war on troops.
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National Mental Health Awareness Month, DCMilitary.com — 5/20/2013
National Mental Health Awareness month began in the late 1940’s to raise awareness of illnesses such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.
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Warrior Games 2013: Airman uses Games to rise above PTSD, injury, U.S. Air Force — 5/17/2013
Behind her bright brown eyes, easy smile and contagious laugh there is pain -- both physical and mental.
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Acupuncture and PTSD: ‘Come for the Needles, Stay for the Therapy’, Healio Psychiatry — 5/17/2013
Nearly one in five returning veterans is affected by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or the comorbid condition of depression.
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Marine Overcomes Invisible Wounds, DoD Live — 5/16/2013
Growing up, Sgt. Brian McPherson remembers he was driven to be able to do things himself and to make his parents proud.
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For Troops Needing Psychological Help, Asking Can Be the Toughest Hurdle, New York Times — 5/16/2013
Memories are the tools that help make, shape and build who we are as people. They can keep you strong. But they can also lead you astray, controlling and altering your thoughts and emotions.
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Telehealth therapy grows among veterans, abcnews4.com — 5/15/2013
On Tuesday, the VA research teams held an information session inside the hospital auditorium. May 13 -17 is National VA research week. Charleston's VA center made their session about mental health awareness, specifically post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
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Special Assignment: Soldiers battling PTSD, WDRB.com — 5/15/2013
Dr. Johnson says the military is taking PTSD seriously and raising awareness about it. She says Fort Knox offers soldiers different types of therapy and programs, including a warrior wellness group.
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Using Stress to Treat Suicides and PTSD, Defensenews.com — 05/14/2013
The Army is developing a roadmap for incorporating mental resilience into training devices, basing the decision on the theory that stressing a soldier during training — and teaching him or her techniques to manage that stress — is the best way to prevent military suicides and PTSD.
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'Families OverComing Under Stress' (FOCUS) Program Supports the Military Family, DCoE Blog — 05/13/2013
Allison Paul, a Navy spouse and mother, shares how the FOCUS program taught her family ways to develop ways of communicating our emotions, gave us tools to alleviate anxiety and stress, and connected us with other beneficial resources.
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Former Marine Finds Healing in Competitive Shooting, Defense.gov — 05/13/2013
Former Marine Staff Sgt. Matthew Benack is the one to watch at the 2013 Warrior Games that start here today and finish May 16.
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PTSD Help: With You When You Need It Most, VA.gov — 05/10/2013
More and more Veterans are using smart phones to access the Internet. To increase convenience and address this trend, VA has made it possible for Veterans to access post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) information in mobile-friendly formats: mobile-friendly website content, mobile self-help apps and “treatment companion” apps.
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DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Military Spouse Appreciation Day, DoDLive — 05/10/2013
Here in the Department of Defense, we honor service members around the globe for their service and sacrifice daily. However, on Friday, May 10, we honor the service and sacrifice of their spouses on Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
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Top personnel officer visits Lewis-McChord, addresses Army’s R2C, Fort Hood Sentinel — 05/09/2013
The Army’s senior personnel officer met with leaders at Fort Hood on April 26 to discuss the Army’s Ready and Resilient Campaign. The Ready and Resilient Campaign, or R2C, incorporates several efforts and programs to improve the readiness and resilience of the Army Family – Soldiers, Army civilians and Families.
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Moving beyond PTSD: Help is available!, DVIDS — 05/09/2013
"[My] symptoms were very insidious," said Haskell, a Haverhill, Mass., native who deployed more than 20 times in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom during his 21-year career. "It's not like one day I was fine and the next I wasn't. I noticed things like my stress level building but not coming back down. I was unable to relax, I was becoming forgetful, I wasn't sleeping well, and I was short-tempered. I started experiencing stress-related physical symptoms like chest pains, muscle soreness, weight gain, and feeling anxious all the time." The difference between Haskell and many other veterans who suffer is that he sought help.
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Soldiers Participate in Run to Help War Vets, Military.com — 5/8/2013
More than 2,000 people, including hundreds of current servicemembers, gathered May 4 at Fenway Park for the annual "Run-Walk to Home Base" to help those with the "invisible wounds of war."
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NMCPHC Launches Psychological and Emotional Well-Being Campaign, Navy Newstand — 5/8/2013
The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center's (NMCPHC) Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW) campaign announced the launch of its Psychological and Emotional Well-Being program May 7.
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Army working to promote dialogue on behavioral health, mysanantonio.com — 5/7/2013
The Army is determined to decrease the stigma and get help to those who need it by promoting dialogue among leaders, soldiers, families, civilians and the community about behavioral health issues and has adopted “Breaking the Silence” as its theme for Mental Health Awareness Month, which runs through the end of May.
