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[Everyone's Blog Posts - The Watchmen] US soldier refuses to serve in 'illegal Iraq war': Some 300000 of the 1.6 million US soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from the psychological traumas of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or both, an independent study showed last month.
[More Than Coping] From The Wallstreet Journal- PTSD and Purple Hearts?: The young soldiers and Marines serving in Iraq and Afghanistan came of age in a culture obsessed with therapy and mental disease, but the Rand study suggests that today’s troops are no more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD than those who fought in Vietnam. A 2006 study in the journal Science estimated that 18.7% of Vietnam veterans suffered from PTSD, a figure virtually identical to Rand’s estimate for veterans of the current wars.
[mydd] Diary Series, Part IV: The Trauma of Silence: I got 15 days rest and recuperation leave from Iraq, while the people serving in Kuwait got 30 days and the civilians I talked to got to leave, all expenses paid, for two weeks every three months to go wherever they wanted to fly. In addition to the higher wages, the time away from home wouldn't seem as bad if the tours were shorter or leave was more [frequent] or longer.
[Army Paratrooper - The Dropzone] No More PTSD Diagnosis say VA Staffer: report released in April found that repeated exposure to combat stress in Iraq and Afghanistan is causing a disproportionately high psychological toll compared with physical injuries. About 300,000 U.S. military personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan are suffering from PTSD or major depression, the study found.
[Chrisy58's Weblog] The Truth About Veteran Suicides: According to an April 2008 study by the Rand Corporation, 300,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans currently suffer from post traumatic stress disorder or major depression. Another 320,000 suffer from traumatic brain injury, physical brain damage.
[Iraq Reviews] Escalation of Air War, Iraq: The War”¦: study released this month said 20% of the roughly 1.6 million military personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. It found that half of the military .
[portland indymedia - newswire] VA cover up: 6500 vets off themselves in 2005, over 20000 ...: A multitude of social problems and military policies account for the large number of suicides among returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: the recruitment of soldiers with preexisting psychological problems, long and repeated deployments, widespread reliance upon anti-depressants and other drugs to dull mental trauma, as well as the underfunding of post-deployment mental health care and the stigmatization of mental illness within the military. Fundamentally, however, both the mounting social crisis among returning veterans and the VA's negligence have their source in the nature of the war itself.
[World Socialist Party (US)] Iraq: Violence Without End Or Purpose?: Amid the bloody mayhem, measures are still taken to preserve the sanctity of property - or at least of American property. One soldier tells of being sent with others to guard a military contractor’s truck that has broken down on the highway.
[Christine A. Scheller] PTSD and Spiritual Abuse: Last week, the New York Times ran an editorial about the cover-up of the high suicide rate among Iraq war veterans. The editorial says that one-in-five returning veterans exhibit symptoms of PTSD or major depression.
[PROGRESSIVE FUTURE: Building A Progressive Future] The Trauma of Silence: For the past three days, this five-part diary series has shared the experiences of Rachel, an Iraq War Veteran, and her encounters with the private military contractor, KBR. In a series of interviews, she revealed stories of unfair disparities in pay and treatment between contractors and military personnel, having to shower in what was essentially wastewater because of KBR's negligence, and her reactions to the KBR water scandal investigations upon her return to the United States.
[Everyone's Blog Posts - The Watchmen] Iraq war strains US army mental health system: Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can result from wartime trauma such as wounds or witnessing others being hurt. Symptoms include irritability or outbursts of anger, sleep difficulties, trouble concentrating, extreme vigilance .
[Philadelphia Independent Media Center - Passionate and Accurate Tellings of Truth] Disturbing Stirrings - Ratcheting Up For War On Iran: they're consuming the nation, and analysts like Stiglitz and Chalmers Johnson believe they'll bankrupt us; others do as well like Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs who last year outed the nation's trillion dollar defense budget;
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