By: Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention How to Talk to a Child about a Suicide Attempt in Your Family If there has been a recent suicide attempt in your family, this may be one of the toughest experiences you and your … [Read more]
How to talk to a child about a Suicide Attempt in your family
Posted on August 14, 2015 // Leave a Comment
New program puts military liaisons at mental health centers
Posted on July 25, 2015 // 2 Comments
BY HOLLY RAMER, ASSOCIATED PRESS CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Each of New Hampshire's 10 community mental health centers will have a staff member devoted to helping veterans, military service members and their families connect with other community resources … [Read more]
Marine on life after severe injury: ‘Beauty is who you are’
Posted on July 23, 2015 // Leave a Comment
By:Scott Stump Disfigured Marine corporal inspires with his story A few years ago, Christina Geist was thumbing through a People magazine in a nail salon when she came across a story about an organization helping wounded … [Read more]
Tetris video game may ease PTSD, study suggests
Posted on July 16, 2015 // 1 Comment
By: Patricia Kime, Staff Writer (Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP) A new study out of Oxford University suggests that playing Tetris — the venerable puzzle game featuring interlocking shapes — can keep bad memories or flashbacks at bay, easing … [Read more]
Clinician’s Corner: Military Psychological Health Experts Answer Providers’ Treatment Questions
Posted on July 10, 2015 // 2 Comments
Posted by DCoE Public Affairs To support Mental Health Awareness Month in May, experts from Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) invited questions from health care providers who treat members of … [Read more]
A veteran suicide prevention network built by veterans
Posted on June 23, 2015 // Leave a Comment
By CHIP REID SALT LAKE CITY -- Six weeks ago Special Forces veteran Johnny Primo logged on to his Instagram account and says he was horrified to see a suicide note from a veteran who lived just a few miles away. The note read: "Very … [Read more]
Suicide rate of female military veterans is called ‘staggering’
Posted on June 9, 2015 // Leave a Comment
By: Alan Zarembo LA Times New government research shows that female military veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women, a startling finding that experts say poses disturbing questions about the backgrounds and … [Read more]
Face of Defense: Service Dog Helps Soldier Move On
Posted on May 26, 2015 // 7 Comments
By Army Sgt. Zach Sheely Kansas Adjutant General Department TOPEKA, Kan., May 18, 2015 – Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock is a combat veteran who’s served more than 30 years in the Army. He is an avid fisherman. He loves to kayak. He also suffers from … [Read more]
Breaking the Chain: PTSD, Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
Posted on March 4, 2015 // Leave a Comment
By Mark Wollacott, Last week, the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC) outlined its plans for a 21st century military system. And so they should because we now have an eye popping 23,816,000 veterans alongside … [Read more]
December 2nd is the National Day of Giving
Posted on November 25, 2014 // 1 Comment
Hidden Wounds has joined #GivingTuesday, a first of its kind effort that will harness the collective power of a unique blend of partners—charities, families, businesses and individuals—to transform how people think about, talk about and … [Read more]
Brain injury tied to dementia among military vets, reports study
Posted on July 17, 2014 // 1 Comment
By Joseph Mayton, Tech Times | June 26 2014 New evidence suggests that traumatic brain injuries sustained during combat or other situations are contributors to dementia among veterans later in life. The study, published in the journal Neurology, also … [Read more]
Hearings on the Veterans Administration Mental Health Care July 10 2014.
Posted on July 11, 2014 // Leave a Comment
JULY 10, 2014 The House Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing on improving access to mental health care services for former soldiers, and the level of care veterans receive for problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder and brain … [Read more]
VA health care failed suicidal vets, families testify
Posted on July 11, 2014 // 1 Comment
By Patricia Kime In March 2011, former Marine Clay Hunt faced a life full of promise. Having survived a gunshot wound and combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he traveled to Haiti to do humanitarian work, had a new job and was shopping for a … [Read more]
