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Meet the Hero Dogs Who Worked in Iraq, at Pentagon on 9/11, and Saved Lives at the World Trade Center, along with Human Heroes, Legislators, Major Corporate Leaders, and Philanthropists involved in Nationwide "Hero Dog" Broadcast on Veterans Day WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Humane Association will be hosting Capitol Hill's "Tribute to War Heroes...at Both Ends of the Leash," a unique celebration of America's military heroes, celebrating veterans and...

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The VA NY/NJ Healthcare Network (www.nynj.va.gov), with New York City-based Kognito Interactive (www.kognito.com), today launched Family of Heroes, an interactive one-hour training simulation where families of the region's one million veterans can learn critical skills to manage the challenges of adjusting to post-deployment life -- including how to identify post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal intent -- and how to...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is teaming up with the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) to present a one-hour special: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition "Rise and Honor" A Veterans Day Special. Airing on Veterans Day (11/11/11), host Ty Pennington will take us back to some of the most heartwarming military stories featured over the years. The EMHE crew will also pay a visit to select heroic families to find out what they've been up to...

Webinar to launch professional education program for providers about the unique needs of Veterans and their families WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As 39,000 U.S. service members are slated by Presidential order to return home from Iraq by year's end, behavioral health and primary care providers are preparing to meet their needs by participating in a new program that will train them to provide culturally sensitive and clinically competent care for Veterans and their...

Prompt psychological support is needed after major disasters to avoid long-term mental health problems Teenage survivors of a major earthquake experienced high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with girls and older students being the most severely affected, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers led by the West China School of Nursing and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, surveyed 1,976 young people aged...

PHOENIX and DENVER, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Altitude Organic Corporation (ERBB:OTC:Pink), a leading national, publicly-traded medical marijuana company will be issuing a series of action alerts designed to highlight unfair federal escalation against medical marijuana. Altitude Organic Corp supports the efforts of Veterans For Medical Cannabis Access to help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) get the medicine they need. Action Alert: Just 348 more...

Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than caring for veterans with other medical conditions, costing more than $12 billion in 2007, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The study found that while the proportion of veterans who received the care recommended for their mental illness varied widely, the overall quality of mental health care offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was as good as or better than that reported by...

There is some evidence about the potential value of cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT) for treating traumatic brain injury (TBI), but overall it is not sufficient to develop definitive guidelines on how to apply these therapies and to determine which type of CRT will work best for a particular patient, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Research has yielded promising data on the effectiveness of some forms of CRT for helping patients with TBI, but the majority of the...

ERIE, Pa., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MaxBack.com, a leading buyback program that pays consumers top-dollar for their gently used small electronics, is donating $11 to the Rocke Solid McShane Foundation for every cash-for-product exchange made now through November 30. With unprecedented demand for the new iPhone 4S, the company is urging gadget-lovers to turn in their old cell phones for cash and help a veteran in need. Rocke Solid McShane Foundation (RSMF) is a national nonprofit that...

TAU discovers a quick injection can prevent PTSD in 60% who experience trauma As soldiers return home from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, America must cope with the toll that war takes on mental health. But the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is becoming increasingly expensive, and promises to escalate as yet another generation of veterans tries to heal its psychological wounds. New hope for preventing the development of PTSD has been uncovered by Prof. Joseph Zohar...