Behavioral Health Headlines

Recent news articles about co-occurring disorders and mental health. Links will open a new window.

Baby Boomers and Distant Dads
The tragic story involving the Iraq War veteran accused of killing five homeless people could have been averted. According to his family, his war experiences caused him to come home a changed man. It also set me thinking about how many casualties of war there really are, with tragedies that play out silently all around us every day.
January 27, 2012

Special Report: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Imagine going through something so traumatic it paralyzes your mind. Changing who you are and how you interact with others.
January 24, 2012

Lara Logan Discusses Her PTSD With The NY Daily News: There Are ‘Dark Moments,’ But You ‘Ranger Through’
CBS’ Lara Logan granted an exclusive interview to the NY Daily News, opening up about the aftermath of the brutal attack she sustained in Egypt nearly one year ago, including her struggle with posttraumatic stress disorder.
January 23, 2012

School of Medicine Joins Veteran Health Care Initiative
The Emory School of Medicine recently became one of 130 medical colleges in the United States to join an initiative that First Lady Michelle Obama and wife of Vice President Joe Biden, Jill Biden, created called Joining Forces.
January 23, 2012

Lack of compassion fuels troubles for some with PTSD
Some students who come from military backgrounds and then decide to pursue a college education can suffer from the somewhat common disorder known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
January 23, 2012

Growing Up With A Parent Suffering From PTSD
“She definitely took it out on me as a kid. Before the Gulf War she was more or less the typical harsh military parent that was stereotyped on TV,” LeDoux recalls.
January 19, 2012

Georgetown Medical School Partners with First Lady to Combat PTSD
Georgetown University School of Medicine is one of 130 medical schools and research facilities that committed to First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden's new Joining Forces initiative.
January 18, 2012

Bands For Freedom Foundation Joins Forces with Military.com
"In an effort to align ourselves with like minded people, Bands for Freedom aligned itself with Military.com to pool our resources for greater support of the men and women in uniform past and present," said Steve Cloward, Director of marketing and sales. We are grateful for what our troops are doing in defending our freedom and fighting the war on terror, and we feel this is one of the ways we can show our thanks.
January 18, 2012

Ending Nightmares Caused By PTSD
Everyone has nightmares sometimes. But for people with PTSD, it's different.
January 16, 2012

Live music at Fresno's VA hospital makes a big difference
Musicians in the hospital waiting room were meant to provide simple distraction, but doctors noticed improvement in many patients, especially those with PTSD or traumatic brain injury.
January 16, 2012

Local Veteran Credits Dog For Treating His PTSD
Janie is a VetDog, a dog trained to help disabled veterans and active duty personnel.
January 12, 2012 

Michelle Obama Tackling PTSD Treatment For Veterans
First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday told military members and veterans that more medical schools are teaming up to boost training and research on brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.
January 12, 2012

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety and Returning to the Scene of the Crime
Post-traumatic stress disorder is found under the large dark umbrella known as anxiety. Earlier in the Angst and Anxiety Blog we spoke about the types of problems that exist under the heading of anxiety.
January 12, 2012

Back From War, Fear and Danger Fill Driver’s Seat
Before going to war, Susan Max loved tooling around Northern California in her maroon Mustang. A combat tour in Iraq changed all that.
January 12, 2012

The Killing of a Park Ranger on Mount Rainier Reminds Us to Help Returning Soldiers
When I first heard about the shooting on New Year’s Day of a park ranger at Mount Rainier National Park by, police believe, Iraq war veteran Benjamin Colton Barnes, I felt angry.
January 3, 2012

Study of WTC Responders: PTSD and Respiratory Illness Linked
Newswise — STONY BROOK, N.Y., December 22, 2011—More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks,
December 22, 2011

Doc wounded in Iraq speaks out about combat trauma
Dr. Ken Lee lives every day with reminders of a suicide car bombing: a crescent-shaped scar on his temple, thumbs that don’t work correctly, constant headaches, and legs and arms that always feel like they’re on fire.
December 22, 2011

Stressed out rats help scientists study PTSD
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects thousands of troops. Now, San Antonio scientists are using a new approach to find ways to help people suffering from this disabling problem.
December 16, 2011

TBI troops report relief from hyperbaric oxygen
Retired Army Sgt. Margaux Vair believes breathing pure oxygen a pressurized chamber eased the manifestations of her brain injury — migraines, memory loss and facial paralysis.
December 6, 2011

New Study Finds High Magnesium Intake Helps Reduce Fear and Anxiety
A supplemented intake of magnesium is found to enhance the brain's ability to reduce fear and anxiety responses, making way for a possible supplemental treatment for many anxiety disorders such as social anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic disorder, specific phobias and others.
December 5, 2011

More Military Dogs Show Signs of Combat Stress
The call came into the behavior specialists here from a doctor in Afghanistan. His patient had just been through a firefight and now was cowering under a cot, refusing to come out.
December 1, 2011

Study identifies risk factors for women in need of treatment after PTSD
A Florida State University clinical psychologist has identified factors that could cause some women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to have chronic, persistent symptoms while others recover naturally over time.
December 1, 2011