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DOD Partners To Combat Brain Injury

Ellen Crown | NCO Journal | August 19, 2013

Experts from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs gathered Aug. 14 at the Military Health System Research Symposium to discuss the future of research on mental health and traumatic brain injury. Read More »

DOD, VA Collaborate To Serve Nation’s Veterans

Staff Writer | The Dolphin | December 5, 2013

The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs reaffirmed their commitment to serve and care for the nation’s military veterans in a joint message issued by Acting Undersecretary of Defense Jessica L. Wright and Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits Allison A. Hickey. Read More »

DoD, VA Establish Two Multi-Institutional Consortia To Research PTSD And TBI

Press Release | Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | August 10, 2013

In response to President Obama’s Executive Order, the [DoD and VA] highlighted today the establishment of two joint research consortia, at a combined investment of $107 million to research the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) over a five-year period. Read More »

DoD, VA Failing To Treat Military Sexual Trauma, Veterans Testify

Patricia Kime | Marine Corps Times | July 19, 2013

The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments are failing to provide adequate mental health services to troops and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual assault — a deficiency that contributes to lifelong struggles [...]. Read More »

Does Open Source Boost Mental Health?

Open source is as much a philosophy of living as it is a method of creating software. Part of this philosophy is that everything designed by the human mind is improvable. This is a hopeful philosophy and in some cases an intoxicatingly hopeful philosophy. Open source practitioners spend no time worrying about what cannot be done. All of their mental energies attune to what can be done. If you love open source, you live in a constant state of wondering. You delight in the fact that you need not worry about the barriers between what you hope can be built and what can actually be built. Read More »

Electronic Medical Records Hold Clues To Suicide Risk

Mitch Mirkin | Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | September 5, 2013

Natural language processing — part of the technology that makes Google work — could help VA detect suicide risk among Veterans. Read More »

Ex-Felons Are About To Get Health Coverage

Michael Ollove | Pew | April 5, 2013

Newly freed prisoners traditionally walk away from the penitentiary with a bus ticket and a few dollars in their pockets. Starting in January, many of the 650,000 inmates released from prison each year will be eligible for something else: health care by way of Medicaid, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Read More »

Experts To Discuss Latest Advances In Veterans' Mental Health Treatment At Congressional Briefing

Press Release | American Psychological Association (APA) | July 22, 2013

Traumatic brain injury, phantom limb pain, depression, ptsd, among topics... Read More »

Fate Of Veterans' Clinics In Limbo As Budget Cutting Looms

Staff Writer | The Associated Press | March 3, 2013

A veterans' health clinic in Brick, N.J., is in such disrepair that when the snow gets heavy, patients have to go elsewhere for fear the roof might collapse. Another in San Antonio has extensive mildew and mold problems that could prove a health hazard for employees and patients in the coming years. Read More »

Fighting A War Against An Invisible Enemy, Soldiers Battle PTSD

Julie Gerstein | The Frisky | August 24, 2012

Desperation, depression — and an overwhelming feeling of desertion — are the dangerous components that have contributed to the rising tide of suicide and mental health problems in the military. Just this week it was announced that for the sixth year in a row, suicide among members of the armed forces is on the rise... Read More »

Finally Home, Traumatically Injured Vets Face New Lives As VA Faces Costs

Jessica Wilde | Kaiser Health News | October 17, 2013

Jerral Hancock wakes up every night in Lancaster, Calif., around 1 a.m. dreaming he is trapped in a burning tank. He opens his eyes, but he can't move, he can't get out of bed and he can't get a drink of water. Read More »

Five Facts About Veterans’ Health Care

Sarah Kliff | Washington Post | November 12, 2012

With more than 1,400 hospitals, nursing homes and clinics nationwide, the Department of Veterans Affairs operates the country’s largest health care system. On Veterans Day, here’s a look at how it operates, who it covers and what role it plays in the larger American health care system. Read More »

Flesh-eating Bacteria, Cancer-causing Chemicals, and Mold: Harvey and Irma's Lingering Health Threats

Julia Belluz | Vox | September 28, 2017

In the weeks following Hurricane Irma, parts of Florida have been awash in millions of gallons of sewage. Meanwhile, in Texas, oil refineries and chemical plants have dumped a year’s worth of cancer-causing pollutants into the air following Hurricane Harvey. In both states, doctors are on the lookout for an uptick in respiratory problems, skin infections, and mosquito-borne diseases brought on by the water and mold the storms left behind...

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Former VA Official: Obamacare Puts Vets At Risk

Bryant Jordan | Military.com | May 3, 2013

The Affordable Care Act -- generally known as “Obamacare” -- could lead to increased health complications, emergency room visits and even shorter life spans for some veterans, according to a former under secretary of Health for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More »

Go and Play: Gaming and the NHS

Ben Heather | Digital Health | August 18, 2016

Pokemon Go has given a tantalising glimpse of mass gamification’s potential to improve health outcomes. But getting effective “health” games into the hands of patients and clinicians is no easy task. Ben Heather reports from last month’s Games for Health conference in Coventry...

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