Tag: post-traumatic stress disorder
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Fort Campbell works to address post-traumatic stress disorder, common ailment of Afghanistan-Iraq veterans
Research shows almost 14 percent of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afganistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and as an estimated 2 million veterans are coming home, Fort...
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New, 4-volume veterans’ health handbook reflects UK expertise
It is not just about post-traumatic stress and re-entry into the job market anymore, as if it ever was. In topics as diverse as how to best get electronic medical...
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State task force will look at substance abuse, mental health care for military members, veterans and families
To help the increasing number of veterans and military service personnel who are needing treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues in Kentucky, a task force has been assembled...
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Caregivers of wounded soldiers find their lives are also changed; getting compensation
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan disproportionately affect rural areas, which provide more than the average number of recruits. The soldiers who make it home alive come back changed, with...
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Fort Campbell using simulated battlefields to assess brain injuries
Doctors at Fort Campbell are using a mock battlefield to assess whether or not soldiers who have suffered a traumatic brain injury are ready to return to combat. The clinic...
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Fort Campbell soldier who went AWOL, and says his Kentucky PTSD treatment was inadequate, is set to return to Afghanistan
A Fort Campbell-based soldier who went absent without leave because of alleged post-traumatic stress disorder will return to finish his tour in Afghanistan. “My family doesn’t want me to go,...