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Suffering in silence: Firefighters battle PTSD – KOIN.com

August 24, 2016 19:15


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Suffering in silence: Firefighters battle PTSD
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One in five firefighters will suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their career, according to new data from the International Association of Firefighters. (2016). TUALATIN VALLEY, Ore. (KOIN) — One in five …

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Veterans’ painkiller abuse can raise odds for heroin use – UPI.com

August 23, 2016 18:21


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Veterans’ painkiller abuse can raise odds for heroin use
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TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2016 — Veterans who misuse narcotic painkillers may be at high risk for heroin use, a new study cautions. The research included nearly 3,400 U.S. veterans who had never misused painkillers or used heroin. Their health was followed …

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Women in Combat, like Men, at Risk for PTSD – Newsmax

August 11, 2016 17:38

Women in Combat, like Men, at Risk for PTSD
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Women in the military who experience combat have a much greater risk than those who don’t of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health issues, a U.S. study suggests. Compared to their peers without any combat exposure, …

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Women in combat, like men, at risk for PTSD – Reuters

August 10, 2016 19:11

Women in combat, like men, at risk for PTSD
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(Reuters Health) – Women in the military who experience combat have a much greater risk than those who don’t of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health issues, a U.S. study suggests. Compared to their peers without any …
Women in combat, like men, at risk for PTSD – Breaking News …Jerusalem Post Israel News

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Amputee vets raise more than $50G in Wounded Warriors tourney … – Newsday

August 8, 2016 10:05


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Amputee vets raise more than $50G in Wounded Warriors tourney …
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The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team finished a two-day charity tournament in Suffolk County this weekend and raised more than $50000.The team of …

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PTSD Therapies: Safe And Natural Treatments For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Are Being Rediscovered – The Inquisitr

August 5, 2016 10:41


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PTSD Therapies: Safe And Natural Treatments For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Are Being Rediscovered
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PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is being treated in new ways, many of which are actually old ways being rediscovered. A new generation of war veterans and others need this treatment after being impacted by the disorder following various traumatic …

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Five years after the accident, whiplash casualties still have poorer quality of life in the physical domain than other mildly injured casualties: analysis of the ESPARR cohort.

August 2, 2016 12:57

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Five years after the accident, whiplash casualties still have poorer quality of life in the physical domain than other mildly injured casualties: analysis of the ESPARR cohort.

BMC Public Health. 2016;16:13

Authors: Tournier C, Hours M, Charnay P, Chossegros L, Tardy H

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study aims to compare health status and quality of life five years after a road accident between casualties with whiplash versus other mild injuries, to compare evolution of quality of life at 1 and 5 years after the accident, and to explore the relation between initial injury (whiplash vs. other) and quality of life.

METHODS: The study used data from the ESPARR cohort (a representative cohort of road accident casualties) and included 167 casualties with “pure” whiplash and a population of 185 casualties with other mild injuries (MAIS-1). All subjects with lesions classified as cervical contusion (AIS code 310402) or neck sprain (AIS code 640278) were considered as whiplash casualties. Diagnosis was made by physicians, at the outset of hospital care, based on interview, clinical findings and X-ray. Whiplash injuries were then classified following the Quebec classification (grades 1 and 2). Quality of life was assessed on the WHOQoL-Bref questionnaire. Correlations between explanatory variables and quality of life were explored by Poisson regression and variance analysis.

RESULTS: Between 1 and 5 years, global QoL improved for both whiplash and non-whiplash casualties; but, considering the two whiplash groups separately, improvement in grade 2 was much less than in grade 1. At 5 years, grade-2 whiplash casualties were more dissatisfied with their health (39.4%; p < 0.05) than non-whiplash (24.3%) or grade-1 whiplash casualties (27.0%). Deteriorated quality of life in the mental, social and environmental domains was mainly related to psychological and socioeconomic factors for both whiplash and other mildly injured road-accident casualties. While PTSD was a major factor for the physical domain, whiplash remained a predictive factor after adjustment on PTSD; unsatisfactory health at 5 years, with deteriorated quality of life in the physical domain, was observed specifically in the whiplash group, pain playing a predominant intermediate role.

CONCLUSIONS: Deteriorated quality of life in the physical domain remained 5 years after the accident, specifically in the grade-2 whiplash group, pain playing a predominant intermediate role, which may be in line with the hypothesis of neuropathic pain.

PMID: 26733122 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

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Vietnam veteran Bernard Clancy’s play Foxholes of the Mind focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder – Herald Sun

August 1, 2016 09:08


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Vietnam veteran Bernard Clancy’s play Foxholes of the Mind focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder
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Foxholes of the Mind, written by Bernard Clancy, focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder. “The reason I wrote it was I was medically assessed as having PTSD, which I knew nothing about and I argued and fought with doctors saying there was nothing …

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