Feb 10, 2010 11:38 pm US/Pacific
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―As the economy tumbled, many race tracks went out of business, leaving many greyhound racing dogs out of a home, but a new program is retraining the animals to help serve military veterans. Steve Manning, a former Marine who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), said a prescription of lithium xiproxene dithicote and Prozac can’t help fix his emotional problems, but his dog Cowgirl can.
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Written on February 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm by John Ohab
The number of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) casualties has increased tremendously, especially for Route Clearance Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers who are exposed to IED-associated blasts are often not aware of any resulting mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and return to duty without proper medical diagnosis and treatment. The U.S. Army and Columbia University are collaborating on a project to develop a pre- and post-deployment functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) protocol that identifies a specific neural signature from blast-induced TBI in soldiers and provides vehicle intelligence. fMRI measures the changes in blood flow related to neural activity in the brain.
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Article Date: 04 Mar 2010 – 9:00 PST Source : Medical News Today
NAMI Testifies At Senate Veterans Hearing: More Outreach And Mental Vietnam era combat pilot and national board member of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Clarence Jordan testified at a Senate hearing today calling for better outreach and coordination of mental health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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By Matt Canham : The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 03/04/2010 09:52:33 AM MST
The question from the counselor was simple and straight forward: Did anyone need help dealing with the violence they encountered on the front lines in Iraq? No one in the Marine unit raised their hand, especially not Daniel Hanson, who thought he didn’t even have the “right” to ask for a therapist’s help since he experienced far less death and destruction than did his friends in the infantry.
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By Tomas Dinges/The Star-Ledger
March 03, 2010, 5:25AM
When Michael Manna left the Navy in the summer of 2009, he was suffering from depression but didn’t know where to turn for help. A Marine friend saw in Manna the post-traumatic stress he had experienced and urged the 27-year-old from Glen Gardner to call the New Jersey Veterans Helpline. “It’s the first time when I’ve reached out and have said I need help and I got a response,” Manna said. During a 20-minute conversation, Master Sgt. Chuck Arnold, a Vietnam veteran trained in counseling, talked to Manna about what was troubling him and the negative thoughts he was having.
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