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Nearly 1 in 5 Iraq Vets Reports Signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

The first large-scale, nongovernmental assessment of the psychological needs of U.S. troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past six years finds that 20 percent of military troops who have returned from war—some 300,000 total—report symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression. Slightly more than half have sought treatment, according to the study by Rand.

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Grieving kids may also have PTSD

ATHENS, Ga., April 10 (UPI) -- A University of Georgia study said children who have lost a parent to diseases such as cancer can suffer post-traumatic stress disorder.

Study co-author Rene Searles McClatchey said she found grief therapy to children whose parent died doesn't help if the post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms aren't dealt with first.

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PTSD Associated With More, Longer Hospitalizations, Study Shows

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with more hospitalizations, longer hospitalizations and greater mental healthcare utilization in urban primary care patients. These findings appear in the current issue of Medical Care.

PTSD Increases Hospitalization Rates in Urban Poor

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among poor, urban residents and those who suffer it have more and longer hospital stays, researchers here said.
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Army's New PTSD Treatments: Yoga, Reiki, 'Bioenergy'

The military is scrambling for new ways to treat the brain injuries and post-traumatic stress of troops returning home from war. And every kind of therapy -- no matter how far outside the accepted medical form -- is being considered. The Army just unveiled a $4 million program to investigate everything from "spiritual ministry, transcendental meditation, [and] yoga" to "bioenergies such as Qi gong, Reiki, [and] distant healing" to mend the psyches of wounded troops.
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Nurses Help Keep Patients From Experiencing the Nightmare That is PTSD

What is known is patients who develop PTSD after an ICU stay re-experience what they perceive to be horrific events long after the stress of the ICU experience are ovER.
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