Topic: Afghanistan
US doctors are treating soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by plunging them back into combat, using a virtual reality game that simulates battle scenes from Iraq and Afghanistan.The therapeutic game, called Virtual Iraq or Virtual Afghanistan, was developed from the ...
FOREST CITY, Iowa (Reuters) - Deep in America's heartland, this small town is a world away from the heat of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan.But it is here in Forest City and communities across the country that families like the Jordals ...
Military veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with troubled mental health may also suffer the burden of more medical illnesses, according to a sweeping study. Of the female veterans, 32 percent of the PTSD sufferers had "high numbers of medical conditions," or ...
LONDON (Reuters) - British troops in Afghanistan or Iraq are far more likely to become alcohol abusers back home than fellow troops, but levels of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are stable, psychiatrists said on Thursday.A large study by doctors from King's ...
Major psychological problems among British troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan remain at a relatively low level, and multiple deployments do not appear to weigh on their mental health, a study published on Thursday said.Rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...
Quickly giving wounded troops morphine cuts the risk of developing PTSDQuickly giving morphine to wounded troops cuts in half the chance they will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a provocative study that suggests a new strategy for preventing the psychological fallout ...
Military experiment seeks clues to predict which troops might suffer post-traumatic stressTwo days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Sufferers experience flashbacks, nightmares, sudden outbursts and social withdrawal and are sometimes haunted years after the trauma.The ongoing wars have given scientists ...
Anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and record-high suicide rates are haunting American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, amid a taboo over mental distress.At the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, psychological help is part and parcel of the care ...
The US Army has reported a 13% increase in the number of suicide in US troops in 2007. 115 soldiers committed suicide in 2007, and most of them did so within 3 months of deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. The US Army ...
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