"The VA incorrectly reports suicide data and does a poor job of tracking vets at risk, GAO finds" ar
This is something we unfortunately know all too well. It was known by the VA that Dane was suffering from suicidal thoughts and he was...
Veteran battling PTSD learns to cope with help from service dog
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Veterans and American soldiers are battling a serious mental health problem, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), that...
Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BOOK!!! Title: Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War Author: Rita Nakashima Brock ISBN-10: 0807029122...
Study: Service dogs ease PTSD symptoms for vets
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder who have service dogs experience less severe symptoms of PTSD and depression, improved...
A Former Soldier Speaks Out on Hidden Costs of War From PTSD to Suicide
from www.truthout.com In this interview, we discuss with Matthew Hoh, a former Marine who fought in Iraq, the hidden impacts of war on...
Suicide surpassed war as the military's leading cause of death
October 31, 2014 War was the leading cause of death in the military nearly every year between 2004 and 2011 until suicides became the top...
Vets Seek Help for PTSD Decades After War
Hundreds of Thousands of Aging Vietnam Veterans Recieve Treatment SANDISFIELD, Mass.—Nightmares of a friend dying beside him in a bunker...
Editorial: More Help is Needed to Prevent Suicide
11/28/14 To take one’s own life is a final act of fear and pain, when the ability to have even hope for a better tomorrow is pushed away...
Private Pain, Shared Grief: A Day For Those Left Behind After Suicide
When Eric Marcus was 12 years old, his father took his own life. The following day, Marcus, now 56 years old, recalls going to school as...
Wreaths Across America and Honoring our Veterans and Cpl Dane Freedman on December 13, 2014
Wreaths Across America: Our mission, Remember, Honor, Teach, is carried out in part by coordinating wreath laying ceremonies a specified...
