Search Tags:  PTSD

Navy testing PTSD injection treatment

The Navy is taking a different look at curing post-traumatic stress disorder. A doctor says he has developed an injection for the neck that can cure PTSD, Wired reports. Capt. Anita Hickey, the director of Integrative Pain Medicine at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego has received $100,000 to test Dr. Lipov's method.

Tags: In Depth , Wired , Francis Rose , Navy , DoD , DoD Report

Comment

NIMH entering first phase of largest ever study of suicide in the military

The Daily Debrief gets an update on how the National Institute of Mental Health is progressing.

Tags: management , NIMH , Dr. Robert Heinssen , suicide prevention , U.S. Army , soldiers , Dorothy Ramienski

Comment

Army Secy Geren on the budget, FCS and helping the troops

With the release of the FY 2010 budget, Geren says some programs must go, while others will be strengthened.

Tags: management , Army Secretary Pete Geren , FCS , FY 2010 budget , soldiers

Comment

New 'whole-body' scanners aim to better treat TBI, PTSD

Dr. Walter Koroshetz, the deputy director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, joined the Federal Drivewith Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss a new technology and treatment method.

Tags: DoD , NIH , technology , walter koroshetz , TBI ,

1

Virtual medicine treating soldiers in real pain

Tags: technology , Andrew Air Force Base , Dr. Beth Davis , Lt Col Dr Anderson B. Rowen

Comment

Program hopes to teach military familes about PTSD

It's a new effort to combat an age old problem: PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder.

Tags: Armed Forces Foundation , infantHero Foundation

Comment

VA simplifies access to PTSD care

New regulations decrease the burden on veterans seeking treatment and benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Tags: VA , Eric Shinseki , pay and benefits , Rachel Stevens

Comment

Virtual reality shows real promise for PTSD

Virtual reality applications are being designed and implemented across various points in the military deployment cycle to prevent, identify and treat combat-related PTSD. We learn more from research pioneer Dr. Albert "Skip" Rizzo.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , technology , Albert “Skip” Rizzo , Army , virtual reality , Suzanne Kubota

Comment

Lawyer: Indicted shooter had PTSD flashback

The man who prompted a massive manhunt by firing a high-powered rifle at his ex-girlfriend in September has been indicted for attempted murder, his lawyer tells WTOP.

Tags: Joshua Prince , Rebecca Nitkin , Bethesda , Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center , post-trumatic stress disorder , Iraq war , Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office , Neal Augenstein

Comment

Military still struggles with PTSD

Dave Philipps, author of 'Lethal Warriors', joined the DorobekINSIDER to describe how one Army unit struggled with PTSD.

Tags: Dave Phillips , 'Lethal Warriors' , DoD , Dorobek Insider

Comment