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Please remember to visit my friends at Operation We Are Here and to follow them on . They have some very good information on that site about dealing with PTSD and TBI. There are also some very good encouragement for supporting Military Famlies as well as, some great resources for Churches and Chaplains. Operation We Are Here is a faith based approach to providing caring resources to assist and support the Military and their families with many aspects of deployment, the return home, as well as, PTSD and other types of challenges faced by these families and service members today.
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Latest Military Combat Veteran Suicide Statistics
From the invasion of Afghanistan until last summer, the U.S. military had lost 761 soldiers in combat there. But a higher number in the service — 817 — had taken their own lives over the same period. The surge in suicides, which have risen five years in a row, has become a vexing problem for which the Army's highest levels of command have yet to find a solution despite deploying hundreds of mental-health experts and investing millions of dollars. And the elephant in the room in much of the formal discussion of the problem is the burden of repeated tours of combat duty on a soldier's battered psyche. ...
The service's suicide rate continues to rise (it doubled between 2001 and 2006) while remaining flat in the civilian population, even when adjusted to reflect the Army's age and gender. Last year, 160 active-duty soldiers killed themselves, up from 140 in 2008 and 77 in 2003.
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Nice video of the reason I'm so passionate about serving those suffering with PTSD and Combat Trauma.
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Check out my friends at www.passiontoaction.org
They did the video of me above, many thanks Jay and Beth
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This one says it all!
PTSD Combat: Winning the War Within
http://ptsdcombat.blogspot.com/
Breaking News for PTSD
Shooting in Vail, CO: PTSD to Blame?
November 08, 2009 by Marie Anne St. Jean
One Killed, Several Injured - Richard Moreau in Custody
According to the Associated Press, a gunman opened fire in a bar located in Vail, CO Saturday evening, killing one and injuring three others.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2368626/shooting_in_vail_co_ptsd_to_blame.html