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Active duty more likely to seek out MH care than veterans A stigma shift? The messaging and the access may be changing the habits of current and future generations of military personnel, but there is still a gap in how veterans seek out MH care.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoJanuary 29, 2019Topics: Illness & Disability / Mental HealthKeywords: depression / mental health / military / PTSD / veterans

We train soldiers for war; let's train them to come home too. (10min) TedTalk -- Before soldiers are sent into combat, they're trained on how to function in an immensely dangerous environment. But they also need training on how to return from the battlefield to civilian life, says psychologist Hector Garcia. Applying the same principles used to prepare soldiers for war, Garcia is helping veterans suffering from PTSD get their lives back.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoJanuary 29, 2019Topics: Bias / Guilt & Shame / Illness & Disability / Mental Health / Provider-Patient RelationshipKeywords: mental health / PTSD / suffering / suicide

A Deadly Deployment, a Navy SEAL's Despair SEAL Team 4 Cmdr. Job Price struggled with the indescribable difficulties of war, leading to his reported suicide just weeks before the end of his deployment.

Contributor: Karlen BaderJanuary 21, 2016Topics: Guilt & Shame / Wounded WarriorKeywords: Guilt / PTSD / shame / suicide

Jean-Paul Mari: The chilling aftershock of a brush with death Journalist Jean-Paul Mari talks about his brush with death when a shell hit the building he was reporting from in Bahgdad. This discussion delves into the unseen scars that those who struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder must endure.

Contributor: Karlen BaderDecember 17, 2015Topics: Death&Dying / Guilt & Shame / Illness & Disability / Loss / Vulnerability / Wounded WarriorKeywords: art therapy / death / dying / fear / PTSD / wounded warrrior

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Amputations and genital injuries increase sharply among soldiers in Afghanistan Article discussing the rising number of combat wounded returning from war zones with injuries to the genitals and perineum in 2012, in the height of the surge. The author specifically focuses on the drastic increase in the number of these injuries and what this has meant for both healthcare workers and mental and sexual health providers in the military, as well as for wounded warriors and their spouses.

Contributor: chucklesnSeptember 20, 2015Topics: Communication / Illness & Disability / Sexuality / Vulnerability / Wounded WarriorKeywords: amputee / care provider / combat / genital / husband / injured / injury / mental health / military / partner / penis / physician / PTSD / Sex / sex counseling / sexual health / sexuality / spouse / TBI / testicles / war / war wounded / wife / wounded

Wounded Warriors and Intimacy This educational article is directed to the spouses or significant others of wounded warriors, and specifically addresses what one may expect when reintroducing sex and intimacy into a relationship with a wounded warrior. Includes methods for initiating sex and intimacy, what to expect in terms of new challenges or changes, potential new ways for expressing intimacy and experiencing sexual pleasure.

Contributor: chucklesnSeptember 20, 2015Topics: Illness & Disability / Sexuality / Wounded WarriorKeywords: challenges / combat / disability / disabled / injured / intimacy / pleasure / post-traumatic stress disorder / PTSD / Sex / sexuality / TBI / veteran / wounded warrior

DoD Studies Intimacy Issues Among Combat Vets This article discusses the specific ways that combat stress, PTSD and TBI affect soldiers sex lives after returning from combat.

Contributor: chucklesnSeptember 20, 2015Topics: Illness & Disability / Sexuality / Wounded WarriorKeywords: challenges / combat / combat stress / counseling / fear / intimacy / love / PTSD / Sex / sex counselors / sexual health / sexuality / soldier / TBI / wounded warrior

Compassion Fatigue --Defining a nebulous entity Charles Figley describes compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. This article highlights this phenomenon within the military and warning signs.

Contributor: Kimberly HickeyAugust 10, 2015Topics: Compassion FatigueKeywords: burnout / compassion / fatigue / military / PTSD / STS

Understanding and Preventing Compassion Fatigue: A Handout for Professionals A guide to recognizing compassion fatigue, methods for prevention, and methods for recovery.

Contributor: Kimberly HickeyAugust 10, 2015Topics: Compassion FatigueKeywords: burnout / compassion / fatigue / prevention / PTSD / recovery / STS

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