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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with PTSD

Soldiers in Colorado Slayings Tell of Iraq Horrors
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, crime, ptsd, army, iraq, civilians, murder )

NotSilent
- 123 days ago - news.yahoo.com
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Soldiers ...accused of murder, attempted murder or manslaughter after returning to civilian life described a breakdown in discipline during their Iraq deployment in which troops murdered civilians......
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Police Sodomize Idaho Man With Taser Weapon
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: IdahoManSodomizedbyPoliceTaser, HarvardProfessorGates, PoliceBrutality, OverUseOfForce, PTSD, MentalIllness, FalseArrest, ResistingArrest, AssistancetotheIncarceratedMentallyIll, MaryNeal, AIMI, DogJustice, LarryNeal, Taser, AfricanAmerican, AttyGen )

Mary
- 124 days ago - google.com
As Harvard Prof. Gates learned, it is important to watch one's manners with police. The Statesman printed a transcript: OFFICER: Do you feel this? CITIZEN: Yes, sir. OFFICER: Do you feel that? That's my *#> CITIZEN: Okay. OFFICER: -Taser up your a%*.
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Suicide Hot Line Got Calls From 22,000 Veterans
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: army, navy, air force, marinesm coast guard, national guard, suicide, troops, us, war, military, help, va, veterans, ptsd )

NotSilent
- 486 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The VA estimates that every year 6,500 veterans take their own lives. ...... of the 18 veterans who commit suicide each day, four to five of them are under VA care, and 12,000 veterans under VA care are attempting suicide each year.
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Distressed War Veterans Get Day in Court
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: veterans, PTSD )


- 585 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The lawsuit...claims the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was unable to deal with the growing number of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, cases emerging from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Iraq, Afghanistan Veteran Suicides Reach Record Level
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: soldier sucides, Iraq, Afghanistan, PTSD, depression, veterans, Walter Reed )

RC
- 666 days ago - washingtonpost.com
And yet we keep sending our troops into the hellhole of Iraq & Afghanistan...I weep for these men and woman who can no longer see any hope, any light at the end of the tunnel of their suffering.
35 comments
Study Tracks Stress Disorder in US Combat Troops - USA/UK
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health, usa, troops, iraq, stress, combat, ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, afghanistan )

Chrissy
- 681 days ago - abc.net.au
About 9 per cent of United States troops who have performed combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan report experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study led by Defence Department researchers. The study, published in the British
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The Veteran's PTSD Handbook : How to File and Collect on Claims for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: ptsd, post tramtic stress disorder, soidlers, veterans, filing claims, info, symptoms, diagnoses, treatments )

Cheryl Su
- 727 days ago - comarms.ipac.dynixasp.com
Extensive book on PTSD for Soldiers and Veterans, from symptoms, treatment, filing claims with the government, and alot of information here. As I posted on re Soliders and PTSD the other day, doing several follow ups, this is for Soliders/Vets
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THere's No Promise of Tomorrow - An Iraq War Veteran Looks Back
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Marlboro Marine, James Blake Miller, Iraw War veteran, PTSD, politics )

RC
- 746 days ago - latimes.com
Tragic, touching - don't miss this slide/video exploration of the life and mind of an Iraq War veteran of Fallujah. Don't skip the epilogue by LA Times photographer Luis Sinco.
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101 G.I. Suicides Must Not Be Afterthoughts
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, afghanistan, iraq, war, PTSD, Vets, suicides )

Jennie
- 831 days ago - opednews.com
Oh, by the way, the Pentagon, as an afterthought to the 3,705 G.I. deaths in Iraq since the start of the war five-and-a-half years ago, said that 101 U.S. service men and women have committed suicide after returning home.
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VA Outrage -- Standard Levels Needed for Disability Pay
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Virginia, Veterans, Pay, ethics, crime, dishonesty, abuse of power, PTSD, troops, usa, war, lies, healthcare, housing )

Barb
- 861 days ago - bdtonline.com
In a national comparison, Virginia ranked in the bottom five for average pay to veterans, paying an average $7,706 per year. Only four other states -- Delaware, Maryland, Indiana and Ohio -- paid less, according to an Associated Press report.....>
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Lost in Ward 53
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Iraq_vets, Walter_Reed, PTSD, disgrace )

RC
- 878 days ago - washingtonpost.com
A national disgrace - the non-treatment of mentally affected veterans sent home ftom Iraq to be buried in Ward 53 at Walter Reed Hospital. Please read this heart-rending story of a 20-year-old with PTSD. Petition to follow. Thank you!
57 comments
Beyond PTSD, Part Three The Moral Casualties of War: War Crazy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: iraq, veterans, mental health issues, ptsd )

Barry
- 890 days ago - opednews.com
In this installment of Beyond PTSD, in the hope of providing a more complete picture of the psychological, emotional, and moral impact of war, Professor Bica offers, not theoretical analysis, but personal observations regarding the aftermath of war. In do
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Beyond PTSD: The Moral Casualties of War
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: PTSD, moral casualties, war crimes, conscience, toll on soldiers, violence, atrocities, war )


- 900 days ago - bestcyrano.org:80
The veterans were trying to say that the only thing worse than being ordered by military authorities to participate in absurd evil is to have that evil rationalized and justified by the guardians of the spirit .
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