Category Archives: U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs

VA: PTSD Calculations are Inaccurate…

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

External Link: PTSD Incorrectly Calculated Among Soldiers. The Pentagon expects the number of soldiers battling PTSD to continue to climb. Without question; with such a disparity in the number of PTSD cases (800,000 vs. 78,000), then some new listening and … Continue reading →

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Sometimes I Laugh & Sometimes I Cry…

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Other times I sit and wonder why? The pic was given to me today by my Vet Center Counselor, and the research I did on this Vietnam War Memorial after I got home, what it truly means, and the heroes … Continue reading →

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I’m “Home”…

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

The theme is mostly the same – When I dream… Minus the nightmares this is what it has been in recent memory, “dreams”. The anxiety I once felt is as long gone as the war that left me abandoned there. … Continue reading →

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National Center for PTSD Introduces Program Locator…

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center for PTSD – the center for research and education on the prevention, understanding and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – has introduced a PTSD Program Locator. The locator allows users … Continue reading →

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Official Urges Gulf War Vets to Seek VA Care…

Posted on April 26, 2010 by

You know, hopefully a Gulf War veteran won’t have a VA doctor that looks at you with the dumbest look and asks in her best try at English: “Gulf War Illness, what is THAT? Can ‘you’ tell me what that … Continue reading →

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