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Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist. Complete Story...
Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown.
Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that troops injured in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to face too many bureaucratic hurdles.
Ever walk into a room and forget why you entered? Or completely space out during an important meeting at work? It's frustrating, but usually normal.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed frustration Wednesday with the pace of government work to heal the mental wounds of war.
If you listen to popular songs, you might conclude there’s no day as depressing as a Monday. But a new study shows that lyricists may have gotten it all wrong and that Wednesday is really the darkest day of the week.
No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent.
Ever since campus counseling centers were established in the 1940s, college officials have known that the prevalence and severity of students' mental health problems were rising. They just didn't know by how much.
Doctors today can tell a great deal about a child from a very early age. In the womb, for instance, tests can reveal risk for Down syndrome and a range of other conditions. Within a baby’s first year or two, health professionals can spot signs of significant developmental disabilities, possibly even autism. And some now believe they can tell if preschoolers are showing risk factors for becoming a psychopath, someone potentially capable of committing bone-chilling crimes without an ounce of guilt or remorse.
Everybody has seen stories about people who are human pack rats, unable to throw anything away and filling their houses with mountains of things that to them are treasures and to others are garbage and junk. But what do you do if the person living in that house is your own mother?
About 30 percent have been exposed to shootings or bombings. Others have witnessed killings or mutilated bodies. Nearly 10 percent had a family member kidnapped or had been abducted, captured or imprisoned themselves.
A House subcommittee on Tuesday will take a look at military programs targeting mental health.
Mental patients sprinkled throughout the nation's psychiatric hospitals are being locked up alone for years despite laws aimed at preventing the practice, because medical workers say they're too dangerous to handle any other way.
Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind.
It takes a brave soldier to do what Army Maj. Gen. David Blackledge did in Iraq.
The U.N. health agency says at least three in four mental health patients in developing countries receive no treatment.
Housing prices are plummeting and the financial industry’s meltdown threatens the whole U.S. economy. No wonder Americans are feeling more than a little tense.
People with mental illness would get better health insurance coverage as part of a a giant financial bailout the Senate passed Wednesday, but the legislation's fate remains uncertain.
The giant financial bailout bill before the Senate on Wednesday included provisions giving people with mental illness better health insurance coverage, but its fate remains uncertain even if the Senate endorses it.
Isaac Zamora's mother begged him to get help when he was released from jail a month ago. State and federal laws prevented her from doing much more for the man who has now been arrested after a shooting spree in rural northwest Washington that left six people dead and four wounded.
Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems, jumping in to help because the military is short on therapists.
A look at the changes in the application for troops and civilian defense employees to gain government security clearances that address whether the applicant has a history of mental health treatment. Defense Secretary Robert Gates referred to it as "the infamous Question 21."
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSDTwo days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
Army suicides at highest level in 26 yearsArmy soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report.
Army helps vets with 'invisible wounds' get jobsThe Army's Wounded Warrior Program, which helps veterans adjust to civilian life, has been reaching out to employers to encourage them to hire former soldiers.
Treating trauma victims may cause its own traumaThose who counsel trauma victims -- whether they be psychiatrists, social workers or advocates -- can experience an emotional toll after intensive exposure to patients' stories of horror. Experts call this phenomenon "vicarious trauma."
Happiest U.S. states are wealthy and tolerantThough you might not be able to run away from your problems, moving to another state could be good for the soul.
Money can't buy love, but personality canWhen it comes to wooing, gifts and baubles can certainly win hearts. But true companionship is not about the bauble, says Dr. Gail Saltz. Here, she offers advice to a 53-year-old man who is looking to change the way he approaches women.
Fort Hood: Political Correctness as Murder WeaponRampant political correctness was responsible! I'm sure that affirmative action had something to do with it too!!
Ft. Hood shooting suspect endured work pressure and ethnic taunts, his uncle says -- latimes.comIt appears now that there were signs of stress that family and colleagues noticed in the Fort Hood shooter. How frustrating that no effective steps were taken to remove this man from the military. He just got passed along.
Military doctor kills 11 in Fort Hood rampage - Yahoo! NewsA military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 11 other people and left 31 wounded
There's zen, and then there's zen. But I try not to think about it! Just go with it! 1. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt. 2. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
Money can't buy love, but personality canWhen it comes to wooing, gifts and baubles can certainly win hearts. But true companionship is not about the bauble, says Dr. Gail Saltz. Here, she offers advice to a 53-year-old man who is looking to change the way he approaches women.
Tokyo train stations use lights to stem suicidesSome Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides.
Depression Linked to Processed food"Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests."
A Manufactured "Epidemic"Excerpts from Robert Whitaker's Anatomy of an Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Kids on psych drugs have alarming weight gainChildren on widely used psychiatric drugs can quickly gain an alarming amount of weight; many pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks, a study found.
Returning soldiers struggle to find therapistsSoldiers returning from war are finding it more difficult to get mental health treatment because military insurance is cutting payments to therapists, on top of already low reimbursement rates and a tangle of red tape.
Deemed criminally insane, but out on the streetThousands of people have been declared criminally insane in the United States over the decades, and at any given time large numbers of them are not in custody.
'Lottery winner' causes riot at Ohio coat storePolice say an Ohio woman being driven around in a limousine announces at a coat store she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases but ends up causing a riot.
6 members of Bonanno crime family admit guiltOne by one, members of a South Florida crew of the New York-based Bonanno crime family stand before a federal judge to plead guilty to racketeering charges.
Diagnosis to rock the world of mental healthMental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia could soon be diagnosed by plugging an electrode into a patient's ear and rocking them around on a chair.
Study: Working past retirement boosts healthOlder people who hold temporary or part-time jobs after retirement enjoy better physical and mental health than those who stop working entirely, according to a U.S. study released on Tuesday.
Antidepressants: Can they lose effectiveness over time? - MSN Health & Fitness - DepressionThe National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one in four Americans will suffer some kind of mental illiness in any given year, and depression is the leading mental illness.
Self-help course may have led to her suicideDays before Rebekah Lawrence committed suicide, she attended an intense self-help seminar which pledged to change her life. Instead, some say, it led to her death.
UCLA prof.: Suspect's mental health a concernA UCLA professor said he told a university administrator 10 months ago of his concerns about the mental health of a student now accused of stabbing a fellow student in the throat in a chemistry lab.
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