Addiction & Veterans

Published March 24, 2013

Addiction & Veterans – http://veterans-aid.net Veterans Aid offers specialist help to ex-servicemen and women in crisis. Often their problems relate, or lead, to addiction. Alcohol…

The Health of US Soldiers 10 Years After the Invasion of Iraq

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Moreover, 267,000 cases of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, have been diagnosed in young veterans since 2000, according to the Department of Defense, though the majority of these injuries occurred in non-deployment settings. … 98 percent of soldiers …
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Yoga: Incarcerated Veterans Taking Healing Into Their Own Hands

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Additionally, we have California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse counselors working one-on-one with those who need that service. VHV-FTIO also started a mentorship training program taught by veteran Brent MacKinnon. As long as people like …
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A Pattern of Problems at a Hospital for Veterans

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WASHINGTON — In an unusually strong letter sent to the White House on Monday, the office that handles complaints from federal whistle-blowers says it has found a pattern of problems at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Jackson, Miss., …
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