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Farr's Mission: Better Tools, Law Enforcement Response to Returning Veterans in Crisis
"Every day, people all across the country do solid work to help veterans successfully transition from combat to civilian life. Every effort has meaning. Every person donates uniquely to the pool. Today, I'd like to introduce you to one of these individuals: Darin C. Farr of the Utah Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Associated Press | Care of stressed Marines faulted
"Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.
The eight trailers were used for nearly two years, until a permanent clinic was completed in September in another location on the base, said a Camp Lejeune medical spokesman, Navy Lt. j.g. Mark Jean-Pierre.
The allegations became public after the dismissal of Dr. Kernan Manion, a civilian psychiatrist who says he was fired for writing memos to his military superiors complaining of shoddy care of Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD, a condition that can make patients jumpy, fearful of loud noises and prone to flashbacks. "
Newsweek | PTSD: The VA's New Approach
"Big changes underway at the VA could mean better treatment for thousands of vets. A bureaucracy in transition."
Combat, Trauma and Healing PTSD: A Collection of Educational Videos for Caregivers and Patients
"Some top notch educational combat trauma and PTSD programming is available online. Here are a few, specifically aiming their education at the patient/counselor level."
Coverage of the First Joint DoD/VA National Mental Health Summit
"A selection of press clipping on this past week's watershed conference, and, in extended, you can view Gates' and Shinseki's opening statements in full."
"Moving a Nation to Care" Subject of Extensive Book Review Essay in VA's Premiere "Veterans Law Review"
"Written by Holly Seesel, Mary Sorisio, and Paul Sorisio -- Associate Counsel with the Board of Veterans’ Appeals at the Department of Veterans Affairs -- the 24-page 'book review essay' provides an in-depth look at both my book (Moving a Nation to Care) and that by Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., and Daryl S. Paulson (Haunted by Combat)."
Deliberate Justice: Considering What Society Owes Jailed PTSD-Diagnosed and Medicated Combat Veterans
Recently I received a heartbreaking email from the wife of a former Iraq veteran bearing a heavy burden and seeking help. Sue's husband, Joseph "Pat" Lamoureux, was arrested last fall after engaging in a shootout with police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call. One officer was injured before Lamoureux was shot and subdued.
Natural Paths to Coming Home: Returning Veterans and the Great Outdoors
A whole range of programs are springing up across the country, pairing returning troops and veterans with the great outdoors.
Update on OEF/OIF Veterans' Mental Health, VA Benefit Issues
Building upon some of the data-rich news clips shared earlier this week, a few more grafs to consider.
The New Hampshire | Social Worker
March 27, 2009 - Clip: "Martha Ortmann, professor of sociology at UNH, has made the social work issues of the military the forefront of her classes. She used "Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops" by Ilona Meagher to illustrate the need for social workers in and around the military. According to Ortmann, the need is stronger than ever."
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