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Search results for "Post-traumatic stress disorder" ...
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Suicide By Cop
Documenting the story of how a veteran from Iraq, suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, terrorizes a store full of customers and then proceeds to lead police from four counties on a high-speed car chase across North Dakota.
Tags: veteran; ptsd; iraq; hostage; mental breakdown
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Crazy Like Us
The book examines depression, post traumatic stress disorder and eating disorders in the U.S.
Tags: depression; mental health; mental illness; post traumatic stress disorder; eating disorders;
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"The Lonely Soldier"
In her book, author Helen Benedict reveals what it is like to be a female in the military and serving overseas. She shares stories of sexual abuse and "discrimination against women and people of color." Female soldiers also suffer from health problems caused by the "lack of adequate medical care for women." Benedict also looks at the lives of women after they return home who suffer from isolation and "multiples traumas of combat and sexual assault."
Tags: Iraq war; female soldiers; National Guard; Afghanistan; Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Military Sexual Trauma; Air Force; Marines
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Brian Ross Investigates: Disposable Heroes
In a joint investigation with The Washington Times, ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross revealed that mentally distressed veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan were being recruited by the Veterans Administration for tests on pharmaceutical drugs linked to suicide and other violent side effects.
Tags: Chantix; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; suicide; veterans; drug protocols; Pfizer; pharmaceutical drugs; violent side effects
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VA Mental Health System in Crisis
"The entry consists of an ongoing investigation of the Department of veterans Affairs and its mental health system. Each of the stories relies on exclusive access to VA data and documents obtained under FOIA that shed light on the inconsistent treatment of veterans suffering from mental health ailments."
Tags: FOIA; veterans; mental health; federal government; post-traumatic stress disorder; Timothy Bowman; health care system;
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The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness
This in-depth exploration of soldiers' experiences in Iraq focuses on the war's impact on Iraqi civilians. The story reveals abuse and excessive violence against Iraqis. The investigation also offers detailed depictions of how soldiers go on house raids, ride in convoys, and detain Iraqis.
Tags: Iraq; war; military; civilians; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Mental Anguish and the Military
Army studies show that 20-25 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq show symptoms of serious mental health problems, including depression, substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder. Government officials say that the military has programs to treat these soldiers, but National Public Radio's investigation at Colorado Springs' Fort Carson found that "these programs are not working." Soldiers who are desperate and suicidal even have trouble getting the necessary help. Furthermore, "evidence suggests that officers at Ft. Carson punish soldiers who need help, and even kick them out of the Army." In the wake of the report, three senators - Barbara Boxer, Christopher Bond and Barack Obama - wrote a letter to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs seeking clarification of the reports.
Tags: Post-traumatic stress disorder; Iraq War; Fort carson; Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Over My Dead Body
Mary Spicuzza of the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times looks at the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on U.S. soldiers returning from the war in Iraq. Her story looks at the life and death of one such soldier who committed suicide at the age of 25 as a result of PTSD. Experts say the number of soldiers returning home from Iraq face emotional trauma worse than those who served in Vietnam decades ago.
Tags: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; soldier suicides; Iraq; behavioral health
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Discharged and Dishonored
Adams and Young from the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau investigated the Department of Veterans Affairs to see how it was handling veterans' disability compensation programs. They found inconsistencies among states, over half a million eligible veterans who were not receiving benefits, a 23 percent in processing claims, and more than 13,700 veterans who died in the past decade while waiting for an appeal on their claims to be resolved, among other problems.
Tags: VA; Post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Gulf War syndrome; disability claims; VFW; Foreign Legion; veterans benefits; precision journalism
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Prisoner of her Past
Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune looks into his elderly mother's disease, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. While many doctors couldn't put a label on the disease until the 1980's, PTSD has become a major topic of discussion among Holocaust survivors.
Tags: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; elderly; Holocaust victims