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About PTSD
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DISCLAIMER:
Although this website, related
blogsite, and listed resources provide
an avenue for information and discussions on
sensitive veterans issues, we wish to make
it very clear that we recommend veterans,
and their family members, should always seek
help from professionally qualified medical
and clinical sources.
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WHAT IS PTSD?
This is an article
with basic
information to help
explain what PTSD
is, recognizing
signs and symptoms,
how to cope, types
of treatments, etc. |
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SURVIVOR GUILT
This article provides a
look at Survivor Guilt,
from a combat veteran's
view, in association
with Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder. |
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SUICIDE PUBLIC SERVICE
AD
The VA is
stepping up it's Suicide
Prevention Outreach with
a Public Service
Announcement, featuring
actor Gary Sinise,
urging veterans to
seek help. |
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* A SHORT COMMERCIAL
WILL APPEAR BEFORE
THE PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT * |
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Veterans
will no
longer
have to
cite
specific
incidents
of
stress,
and then
back up
claim
with
documentation.
instead,
veterans
will
need
only to
show
that
he/she
served
in a
combat
zone and
had a
job
consistent
with
conditions
related
to their
PTSD
symptom,
without
having
had
direct
contact
with the
enemy.
Click on
the link
above to
read
more
about
these
new
rules. |
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The
Department
of
Defense
has
launched
a
website,
"Virtual
PTSD
Experience",
that
will
allow
users to
explore
the
causes
and
symptoms
of
post-traumatic
stress
in an
anonymous
setting
on the
Second
Life
virtual
world
platform.
Second
Life
provides
T2 a
limitless
space on
the
Internet
where
servicemembers
can
learn
more
about
PTSD
causes,
symptoms
and
resources
for
information
and
care.
Visitors
enter
the
Virtual
PTSD
Experience
space
through
the
Second
Life
website,
which
can be
accessed
for
free.
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For ongoing and
current news about
PTSD related
information
Click on the
Military.Com logo
below
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