1. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 02-22-2007 #8 -- LATEST VA RESEARCH ON PTSD AND HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR -- PTSD patients are more likely to struggle with smoking, substance abuse and obesity.nf022207-8.htm
...8 -- LATEST VA RESEARCH ON PTSD AND HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR -- PTSD patients are more likely to struggle with ... Printer Friendly Page LATEST VA RESEARCH ON PTSD AND HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR -- PTSD patients are more likely to struggle with ... not just with the mental aspects of PTSD, but also the physical challenges that patients face. Relieving the PTSD will help with some of the burden ... issue of the Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD Research Quarterly, reviews various research performed over the last few years which shows PTSD patients are twice as likely to smoke... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfFEB07/nf022207-8.htm
2. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-18-2007 #7 -- PTSD NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN PRIMARY CARE -- While PTSD is widely recognized today, it often remains undiagnosed and undertreated.nf041807-7.htm
...18-2007 #7 -- PTSD NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN PRIMARY CARE -- While PTSD is widely recognized today, it often ... page: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page PTSD NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN PRIMARY CARE -- While PTSD is widely recognized today, it often ..., face a particularly high risk for PTSD, as do those with extensive combat experience. While PTSD is widely recognized today, it often ...-controlled trials involving Vietnam veterans with PTSD found mixed results with SSRI treatments. For these and other patients with PTSD who do not respond to first-... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf041807-7.htm
.... Printer-Friendly Version BIOMARKER FOR PTSD AND WHY PTSD IS SO DIFFICULT TO TREAT -- PTSD is the most common mental health disorder ... and Iraq. As the profile of PTSD rises, new findings are increasing researchers' understanding. For more about PTSD, use the VA Watchdog search engine ...----- Biomarker For PTSD And Why PTSD Is So Difficult To Treat Sciencedaily - ... to the day before, subjects with PTSD showed a strong fear reaction to the... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111207-8.htm
4. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 10-19-2007 #1 -- VA EMBRACES NEW IOM REPORT ON PTSD, OPENS DOOR TO COGNITIVE THERAPY "CURE" -- VA will push exposure therapy and cognitive therapy which has been declared a PTSD "cure" by former VA Secretary Jim Nicholson.nf101907-1.htm
...- VA EMBRACES NEW IOM REPORT ON PTSD, OPENS DOOR TO COGNITIVE THERAPY " ... cognitive therapy which has been declared a PTSD "cure" by former VA Secretary ... Bookmarking VA EMBRACES NEW IOM REPORT ON PTSD, OPENS DOOR TO COGNITIVE THERAPY " ... cognitive therapy which has been declared a PTSD "cure" by former VA Secretary ... Nicholson. We have another report on PTSD from the Institute of Medicine (IOM ... Nicholson as a "cure" for PTSD. That audio here... ... to radically change the way it treats PTSD and compensates veterans. For more about PTSD, use the VA Watchdog search engine... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfOCT07/nf101907-1.htm
5. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 05-09-2007 #1 -- STUDY: VA SHOULD REVISE ITS METHODS FOR EVALUATING AND RATING PTSD IN VETERANS -- Institute of Medicine tells VA to get it together. If implemented, recommendations could mean more consistent ratings and higher compensation.nf050907-1.htm
... and give veterans better and more consistent PTSD diagnoses and higher compensation because ratings would be based on how PTSD affects all aspects of a veteran' ... will produce a tidal wave of new PTSD cases. Between 1999 and 2004, benefit payments for PTSD increased nearly 150 percent, from $ ... changes would result in more or fewer PTSD diagnoses, or in greater or lesser expense for taxpayers. "PTSD has become a very serious public health ... evaluation methods and rating criteria specific to PTSD to replace current standards that yield a crude and overly general assessment of PTSD disability, said the committee that wrote... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf050907-1.htm
6. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-09-2007 #3 -- PTSD IN THE CROSS HAIRS: MENDING A SHATTERED SOUL -- Doctors nationwide are testing experimental and conventional treatments to cure a growing number of afflicted veterans.nf040907-3.htm
...09-2007 #3 -- PTSD IN THE CROSS HAIRS: MENDING A ... page: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page PTSD IN THE CROSS HAIRS: MENDING A ... of Afghanistan and Iraq veterans to develop PTSD has spurred the search for new treatments ... have served in the wars. "PTSD research is huge because the problem is ... countless occasions. Williams was diagnosed with PTSD symptoms after his first tour. The PTSD became chronic by the end of his ... community is the missing link in healing PTSD." Finding comfort Emerging alternative PTSD therapies such as mantrams, drugs,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf040907-3.htm
7. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 05-02-2007 #4 -- EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT FILING A CLAIM FOR PTSD -- Advice from Veterans' Advocate Jim Strickland.nf050207-4.htm
... TO KNOW ABOUT FILING A CLAIM FOR PTSD -- Advice from Veterans' Advocate ... TO KNOW ABOUT FILING A CLAIM FOR PTSD -- Advice from Veterans' Advocate ... Many of you write to me about PTSD and the Veterans Benefits Administration. You ... early discharge for mental illness and diagnosed PTSD among Australian soldiers is abnormally high. ... war and why the rapid escalation of PTSD afflicted Vets today? The answer isn t hard. We ve always had PTSD but it s worn different labels through ...----- Effects of PTSD on Occupational and Social Functioning; Evaluation of PTSD is based on its effects on occupational... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf050207-4.htm
... brain regions might be effective treatments for PTSD. PTSD involves the persistent reliving of a traumatic ... participants were classified as either having developed PTSD at some point in their lifetime or having never developed PTSD. CT (computerized tomography) scans ... the distribution of brain injuries between the PTSD group and the non-PTSD group, the researchers found two regions where damage was rarely associated with PTSD: the amygdala, a structure important ... activity, might also prove useful against PTSD if targeted to the amygdala or vmpfc... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf122607-1.htm
9. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 05-22-2007 #4 -- MORE NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS SEEK HELP FOR PTSD -- And, some doctors say that not enough veterans are seeking help.nf052207-4.htm
... that environment anymore, he said. PTSD numbers increase The National Center for PTSD estimates that about 30 percent of men and women who served in Vietnam experience PTSD and an additional 20 percent to 25 percent have had partial PTSD at some point in their lives. ... fatigue. But a formal diagnosis for PTSD did not exist until the early 1980s. According to the National Center for PTSD, people with the disorder have four ... behind you, he said. What PTSD sufferers can do How to get help: People who suffer from PTSD should see a therapist to help them... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf052207-4.htm
10. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-07-2007 #3 -- MOST STRESS CASES MISSED -- Army admits PTSD is under-reported and veterans' advocates say it is under-diagnosed, as well.nf080707-3.htm
... STRESS CASES MISSED -- Army admits PTSD is under-reported and veterans' ... STRESS CASES MISSED -- Army admits PTSD is under-reported and veterans' ..., as well. For more on PTSD, use the VA Watchdog search engine ...ses search.php?q=ptsd&op=and Story here. ... the numbers who have screened positive for PTSD symptoms in recent Army studies, suggesting ... have been diagnosed by the military with PTSD in the past four years. The ... forces disqualify recruits who have suffered from PTSD or acute stress reactions, military leaders have emphasized that PTSD is treatable, and are sending some... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf080707-3.htm
