Major Malik Nidal Hasan and PTSD: Was Stress Disorder to Blame?
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the man behind the Fort Hood shootings on November 5th when 13 people were killed and 30 were wounded, and much speculation has taken place today about why he may have done it and what his...
Man Takes 40,000 Ecstasy Pills: Don't Try This at Home
A case report was just published about a guy who took 40,000 MDMA pills over the course of nine years. That's nearly 4,500 Ecstasy tablets a year. That's an overall average of 12.18 pills per day. Funny enough,...
created by Jordan Yerman | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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Video Games Used To Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Researchers are seeing positive results after experimenting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder with video game therapy. A realistic video game, Virtual Iraq, is being tested in the United States to see if it can help veterans feel more comfortable with...
created by Annina Bergman | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago
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Study focuses on combat nightmares
Studies are being conducted to reduce combat-related nightmares among Soldiers returning from combat zones. ""A great concern is that a lot of Soldiers coming back from theater having had combat experience have recurring nightmares, along with other symptoms," Peterson said....War Resistor Successfully Challenges 'Misconduct' Charge
War Resistor Successfully Challenges 'Misconduct' Charge War Resistor Sgt Chiroux successfully challenged his misconduct hearing, facing down the U.S. Army and offering a potential "green light" for other soldiers...
created by globalpunditorg | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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Balkans: A Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd) Study
peter.reardon on the ‘scars of war’:- This study is but one outcome of the Bosnian war, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (ptsd), it was welcome news personally that this emotional disorder is being...
created by peter.reardon | 39 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago
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GUTTED by flickr
What happens when a social networking community based on photography and art is run by anti-social people? They self destruct, driving away the real artists expressing themselves, and encouraging lowest common...
ADHD And The Philosopher's Stone
Imagine that my rate of perception (the speed at which the brain processes the world) was twice that of yours. There would be twice the amount of thoughts racing through my mind in comparison to the... Graphic VIDEO/Interview:Iraq Vets Arrested,Brutalized Protesting Final Pres D...
In a follow up to the arrest of the Iraq Vets protest at the final Presidential Debate,reporter Stephen Dohnberg talks with member Sgt Chiroux about the charges faced,support they are receiving,tactics of the...
created by globalpunditorg | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - A Reflection
It is funny how a day like today can effect me so deeply. I knew it was coming - it does every year. I still get overcome with emotion.
PTSD.
It is strange to think that the war was almost 18 years ago.... 164 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments
Elusive threats boost PTSD risk in Afghanistan
Canadian troops fighting in Afghanistan are up against two dangerous adversaries. The first, the elusive enemy; the second, the less-tangible threat of mental breakdown. Indeed, new studies suggest soldiers deployed to Afghanistan are more likely to suffer from mental illness...
created by Rainbowwarrior | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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US: 15 pct of Iraq vets report sexual trauma
Recalling the effects of the Vietnam war on US Vet, a recent report states that 15 % of those US army officials involved in the Iraq invasion report sexual trauma or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. "...
Rumsfeld and Aspartame-Did Diet Drinks Maime & Kill Our Troops In Gulf War ?
Did Monsanto Corporation's Aspartame Sweetener Cause Agent Orange in Our Troops ? YOU DECIDE. Donald Rumsfeld was a leading supporter of the usage of the artificial sweetener Aspartame...
Cindy McCain Angers Vets in an Interview
In an article entitled, McCain's Wife Sets Combat Vets Back 30 Years with PTSD Remark, Vetvoice.com includes highlights from Cindy McCain's interview with MarieClaire.com: Q: You met your...
created by Karen Hatter | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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821 views | 23 recommendations | 12 comments
