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Doctors Preach "Brain Training" to Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
by Sarah Lucero / KENS 5
Dr. Ron Swatzyna remembers Nov. 5, 2009, well. That day, Major Nidal Hassan opened fire at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others. But all Swatzyna could think about was what must have been going on inside Hassan's mind.

"I think it finally finally set him into a secondary PTSD," said Swatzyna, referring to the post-traumatic stress disorder likely brought about during Hassan's military service. "He had no defense mechanisms to calm himself. And he had issues with anger."  continue reading and watch video of news cast >>

Iraq Vets Bringing Home Mental Health Needs at High Rate
by Neil Osterweil
Soldiers and marines who served in Iraq during the current war are seeking mental health services at a high rate within a year of returning home, according to army researchers here. The problems go beyond post-traumatic stress syndrome, although the investigators at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research counted nearly 22,000 veterans in that category.  continue reading >>

One In Five Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Suffer from PTSD or Major Depression
Source - Rand Corporation
Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan - 300,000 in all - report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slightly more than half have sought treatment, according to a new RAND Corporation study.   continue reading >>

Army's New PTSD Treatments: Yoga, Reiki, "Bioenergy"
Wired - by Noah Shachtman
The military is scrambling for new ways to treat the brain injuries and post-traumatic stress of troops returning home from war. And every kind of therapy - no matter how far outside the accepted medical form - is being considered.   continue reading >>

Trauma of Iraq War Haunting Thousands Returning Home
USA TODAY - by William M. Welch
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Jeremy Harrison sees the warning signs in the Iraq war veterans who walk through his office door every day - flashbacks, inability to relax or relate, restless nights and more. He recognizes them as symptoms of combat stress because he's trained to, as a counselor at the small storefront Vet Center here run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   continue reading >>

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