Neuroscience
Single Gun Theory, Like Stars In My Hands
And to follow up the grim post about PTSD and violence is an outstanding summary of the mental health crisis plaguing the Army. In Mental Health and the Rapidly Breaking Army, Mike Dunford describes of series of articles in the Washington Post about the rapid rise in suicide attempts/self-injuries and in particular, the sad case of US Army 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside:
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The idea of screening members of our armed services for psychological vulnerability before their deployment to war zones surely makes sense. However, historically, doing this has proved hugely problematic. For example, a screening programme introduced...
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"America, it has been five years. It's time to make a choice." That quote concludes this editorial in today's Washington Post: Today marks five years since the authorization of military force in Iraq, setting Operation Iraqi Freedom in motion....
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- Wartime Traumatic Brain Injury: Illinois Not Waiting For A Bush Administration Heckuva-brownie-job
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Neuroscience
Millions Like Stars In My Hands, Daggers In My Heart, Wage War
Iraq Conflict Has Killed A Million Iraqis: Survey
LONDON - More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict in their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to research conducted by one of Britain’s leading polling groups.
The survey, conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB) with 2,414 adults in face-to-face interviews, found that 20 percent of people had had at least one death in their household as a result of the conflict, rather than natural causes.
The last complete census in Iraq conducted in 1997 found 4.05 million households in the country, a figure ORB used to calculate that approximately 1.03 million people had died as a result of the war, the researchers found.
The margin of error in the survey, conducted in August and September 2007, was 1.7 percent, giving a range of deaths of 946,258 to 1.12 million.
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Published on Thursday, January 31, 2008 by Reuters
Single Gun Theory, Like Stars In My HandsAnd to follow up the grim post about PTSD and violence is an outstanding summary of the mental health crisis plaguing the Army. In Mental Health and the Rapidly Breaking Army, Mike Dunford describes of series of articles in the Washington Post about the rapid rise in suicide attempts/self-injuries and in particular, the sad case of US Army 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside:
In the note that she wrote before swallowing whatever pills she had around her, she said that she was "very disappointed in the Army". It's hard to find any reason for her not to be disappointed. The Army's treatment of her has been absolutely abysmal. Unfortunately, the same can be said for many other soldiers and veterans. Although the Army has been working to improve mental health care, the system is not where it needs to be, and faces no shortage of hurdles along the way.
Around me the grass was burning. I crouched down and waited. The sheet of fire retreated.
I will carve my own heart and serve myself to God
-Single Gun Theory, Angels Over Teheran
- Ghana Launches Its First Ever Mental Health Journal
When BPS member, Chartered Clinical Psychologist Dr Adam Danquah went to work in Ghana, one of the things he did there was help found the country's first ever journal devoted to mental health - The Ghana International Journal of Mental Health. The...
- Screening Troops For Psychological Vulnerability Is Futile
The idea of screening members of our armed services for psychological vulnerability before their deployment to war zones surely makes sense. However, historically, doing this has proved hugely problematic. For example, a screening programme introduced...
- The Real Iraq
"America, it has been five years. It's time to make a choice." That quote concludes this editorial in today's Washington Post: Today marks five years since the authorization of military force in Iraq, setting Operation Iraqi Freedom in motion....
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A press release from the NIH: Prescribed stimulant use for ADHD continues to rise steadily NIH and AHRQ study finds pace of the rise has slowed in recent years "The prescribed use of stimulant medications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...
- Wartime Traumatic Brain Injury: Illinois Not Waiting For A Bush Administration Heckuva-brownie-job
From The New York Times website: Screening for Brain Injury Is Set for Illinois Veterans By LIBBY SANDER Published: July 4, 2007 CHICAGO, July 3 — Frustrated with the federal government’s response to the mental health needs of soldiers, Illinois...