Social Skills Training for Veterans with Schizophrenia Changes Lives for Better
BALTIMORE-- For many veterans with schizophrenia, deficits in social skills commonly associated with the disorder can make maintaining relationships and achieving personal goals extremely challenging....
View ArticleWhat Is the Role of Immune Dysfunction in Schizophrenia? VA Researchers Seek...
SAN ANTONIO — Can cytokines, the signaling proteins secreted by immune system cells, offer a way to prevent development of schizophrenia in susceptible individuals or keep psychosis from occurring in...
View ArticleBill Seeks to Remove Barriers Keeping Military Medics from Getting Civilian Jobs
WASHINGTON — While military medics have been hailed for their bravery and lifesaving skills on the battlefield, many are out of work once they leave the military.
View ArticleVA, DoD Leaders Questioned About Handling Influx of New Veterans in System
WASHINGTON — How exactly does the VA plan to address its claims backlog problem with a wave of new veterans entering to the system? Can DoD and VA handle the needs of the influx of returning troops...
View ArticleNew Law Provides Last Resort Healthcare to Camp Lejeune Contamination Victims
WASHINGTON — With the signing of a new law, healthcare was made available to veterans and their families affected by contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, NC, during a 30-year period.
View ArticleArmy: Forensic Psychiatry No Longer Used for PTSD Disability Evaluations
WASHINGTON — The Army will no longer use forensic psychiatry to evaluate soldiers diagnosed with PTSD in the disability evaluation system, military officials announced. The announcement came after a...
View ArticlePain is weakness leaving the body
“Pain is weakness leaving the body.” – Anonymous I do not think it is possible to spend any time in the military without hearing this quote at least once. A friend recently purchased a T-shirt at the...
View ArticleVA Study Urging Watchful Waiting for Early Prostate Cancer Sparks Controversy
MINNEAPOLIS — New research out of the Minneapolis VAMC finds that radical prostatectomy does not significantly reduce the risk of death in prostate cancer patients, when compared to observation over...
View ArticlePotential Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs for PTSD Patients is Under Review
FORT DETRICK, MD — In the wake of a memo from Assistant Secretary of Defense Jonathan Woodson, MD, expressing concern about potential over-prescription of antipsychotic drugs for treatment of...
View ArticleVA Says It Loud and Clear, Patients Will Get Prosthetics Ordered By Their...
WASHINGTON — It should always be what the doctor orders.That was the message that VA delivered to a House subcommittee concerned about procuring the best prosthetics for patients who need them.
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