Articles Related to PTSD & Substance Abuse
PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee Update January/February 2024
March 1, 2024
BY THOMAS C. HALL, PH.D., CHAIR The PTSD/SA Committee congratulates the VA and especially the Vet Center leadership on establishing two new Vet Centers and three outstations. While we welcome this expansion, we maintain our…
PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee Update September/October 2023
September 28, 2023
BY THOMAS C. HALL, PH.D., CHAIR I have written a lot about the life-saving power and importance of Vet Centers. Vet Centers are part of the VA, but were designed to be more accessible than…
PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee Update July/August 2023
August 3, 2023
BY THOMAS C. HALL, PH.D., CHAIR I have written in many articles about the life saving power and importance of Vet Centers. And while Vet Centers are part of the VA, they were designed to…
PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee Update July/August 2022
August 11, 2022
BY THOMAS C. HALL, PH.D., CHAIR When we returned home from war and sought help for the invisible wounds that resulted from our experiences, the behavioral health services of the VA did not recognize PTSD…
PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee Update May/June 2022
June 5, 2022
BY THOMAS C. HALL, PH.D., CHAIR Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Tip O’Neill is most closely associated with the phrase, “All politics is local.” When advocating for veteran mental health benefits, it…
Chapter 910 Members Recall Christmas During the War
January 29, 2018
VVA Chapter 910 hosted its annual ‘Christmas We Missed’ event Corpus Christi, TX to reflect on Christmases in the Vietnam War. (more…)
PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee Update November/December 2017
January 18, 2018
The PTSD/Substance Abuse Committee has been active with suicide prevention town halls throughout the country. (more…)
Members of Chapters 299 and 669 Participate with Quilts of Valor
November 21, 2017
Chapter 299 presented a check to Terry Austin in Rock Island, Iowa to give Chapter 669 members and veterans of other wars ‘Quilts of Valor’. (more…)
Chapter 899 Hosts Weekly PTSD Breakfast
October 4, 2017
Bill West, the president of Burlington County, NJ Chapter 899, is one of the founders and the current chair of the Monday Morning PTSD Support Group that meets for weekly breakfast and rap sessions at…
Combat Nurses In Pennsylvania Recount Vietnam Experiences
September 15, 2017
It’s been more than 40 years since the Vietnam War ended. But for the combat nurses who served there, the details remain as sharp in their minds as the needles they used to help patients…