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Injured combat veterans take a field trip in San Diego
FrameworkGetting accustomed to being around civilians can be one of the most difficult challenges for veterans injured in war. So each month, therapists at Naval Medical Center San Diego gather a group — sometimes amputees, sometimes patients with other... -
San Diego council approves VA Center to treat PTSD
L.A. NOWThe San Diego City Council on Tuesday voted 7-0 to authorize a 40-bed facility in the Old Town neighborhood to be run by the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The...... -
San Diego council delays decision on VA center
L.A. NOWThe San Diego City Council on Tuesday delayed a decision on whether to permit a 40-bed treatment center to open in the Old Town neighborhood for military veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who are suffering from post-traumatic stress...... -
Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role
Ten years after terrorists hijacked four American jetliners and killed nearly 3,000 people, there's growing evidence that people with a previous history of depression, or who have been traumatized before, are far more vulnerable to developing post-...Tags: Mental Illness, Arts and Culture, Psychiatry, Symptoms, History
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Soldiers' brains bear scars of emotional wounds
Eighteen months after they have returned from a war zone, soldiers bear an unmistakable sign of emotional trauma deep inside their brains. But in most, a key node of the brain's fear circuitry returns to normal, perhaps keeping mental illness such as...Tags: Mental Illness, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Medical Research, Brain
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Meghan Daum: What's with the 'hiker hate'?
The story of Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd, the American hikers who in July 2009 crossed the border — inadvertently, all evidence suggests — from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran and were imprisoned for espionage, is back in the...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Damascus (Syria), Ban Ki-moon, Elections, Iran
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Study identifies genes linked to post-traumatic stress disorder
Just before noon on a December morning in 1988, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook over 40% of the territory of Armenia, centered in the northern city of Spitak. The temblor leveled entire towns and cities, killed an estimated 25,000 Armenians — two-...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Psychiatry, Medical Research, DNA, Behavioral Conditions
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Woodbury architecture students turn sheds into cool little cabins
L.A. at HomeWoodbury architecture: Architecture students at Woodbury University build clever cabins at the Shadow Hills Riding Club using little more than prefab shed kits from the hardware store.... -
John Huston's 'Let There Be Light' online: Kenneth Turan's pick
24 Frames"Let There Be Light": Kenneth Turan's DVD pick this week is not a DVD at all, but a free video on demand streaming and downloading of one of the most significant of American documentaries, a controversial film that has been restored in a very specific... -
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