PTSD & Substance Abuse
PTSD/SA Committee Provides Apps to Help Cope
June 19, 2017
The PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee is a strong supporter of creating mobile device applications (apps) to provide self-help, education, and support for those managing PTSD, substance abuse, and other self-destructive approaches to coping. (more…)
Chapter 776 Offers Information on PTSD
June 9, 2017
Gateway Chapter 776 in Scott County, IA, recently teamed up with Operation Engage America, which works to provide education, support, and resources for veterans, first responders, and family members with PTSD and TBI, at a…
Chapter 850 Makes Donation to Train Service Dogs
March 22, 2017
Chapter 850 of Kent County, DE recently donated $10,000 to Rebuilding Warriors to continue training service dogs for veterans. Rebuilding Warriors provides trained and socialized service/companion dogs to disabled veterans and veterans battling PTSD/TBI. Training…
PTSD & Compassion Fatigue
March 21, 2017
“Taking care of myself doesn’t mean ‘me first.’ It means ‘me, too.’” — L.R. Knost Small encounters can lead to momentous changes. In Vietnam Marine Cpl. Charles Figley began visiting children in his off hours…
Chapter 1116 Works on Suicide Prevention
February 22, 2017
Chapter 1116 is working with the Disabled American Veterans in Morganton, NC to offer a suicide prevention workshop. The two groups will be using the training from the QPR Institute, which stands for “Question, Persuade,…
Artilleryman Overcame Drug Use and PTSD
September 8, 2016
Pfc. Ron Sales graduated from the then William Hooper Councill High School in Huntsville, AL in 1966. He left Alabama A&M University in February 1967 and went to live with his uncle in Los Angeles.…
The Majority of Veteran Suicides Are 50 and Older – We Still Don’t Know Why
September 7, 2016
On July 7, the Veterans Health Administration released new data about veteran suicides, based upon the examination of over 55 million veteran records from 1979 to 2014, from every state in the nation and U.S.…
Mental Health-Related “Bad Paper Discharges”
July 14, 2016
Recent reports from advocacy and media outlets (1, 2, 3) have highlighted what is not a new phenomenon: the military’s failure to properly consider the effects of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Military Sexual…
Chapter 196 Helps Disabled Vets with Their Golf Swing
June 13, 2016
Chapter 196 in Lynchburg, VA has teamed up with Hill City’s American Legion and the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart to hold golf clinics for disabled veterans in central Virginia.…
PTSD & Substance Abuse Committee Update May/June 2016
May 31, 2016
In March the National Veterans Legal Services Program and the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School published the report, Underserved: How the VA Wrongfully Excludes Veterans with Bad Paper…