More About “Veterans”
- Study: Telephone Motivational Interviewing Helps Convince Vets with Mental Illness to Initiate Treatment
- New study shows that telephone based motivational interviewing therapy helps convince people with mental illness to initiate the treatment they need.
- Half of Iraq and Afghanistan Vets in VA System Treated for Mental Illness
- More than 330 000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have now received mental health treatment in the VA health system. For a typical returning soldier it takes ...
- Secret Email Memo Urging V.A. Doctors to Under-Diagnose PTSD Angers Veterans
- A Federal Judge in San Fransisco has reopened a case against the V.A. after reading an incriminating memo from one of the organization's doctors. A new hearing ...
- More than a Third of Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Need Treatment for Mental Illness
- Research compiled on veterans seeking treatment within the VA health care system reveals a dramatic increase in mental health disorders since the wars in Iraq ...
- Researchers Say as Many as 35% of Returning Iraqi War Soldiers Will Have PTSD
- Researchers out of Stanford University say that as many as 35% of returning American soldiers will experience PTSD and that the VA hospital system needs to ...
- Combat Vets More Likely to Abuse Alcohol than Experience PTSD
- Alcohol abuse is the most prevalent mental health disorder experienced by British troops returning from combat, with depression coming in second - An estimated ...