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| Deployment Has Psychological Toll on Children in Military Families
About one-third of children with a parent deployed in the Global War on Terror are at high risk for psychosocial problems, suggests a study in the August issue of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.
J. of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics | 11-Aug-2009
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| LIF | Disturbed Sleep Among OEF/OIF Military Personnel and Veterans
Research conducted by Dr. Taylor Plumb and Dr. Diane Zelman from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University shows high rates of disturbed sleep and indicators of possible sleep disorders experienced by current and former military personnel who served in Afghanistan or Iraq during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) or Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
Research on Disturbed Sleep Among OEF/OIF Military Personnel and Veterans to be Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention in Toronto Friday, August 7 | 03-Aug-2009
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| LIF | Assassinations Are Wrong, But Targeted Killings Are Okay?!
TV and radio talk shows have been abuzz with speculation about a classified CIA program which may or may not have involved assassination. Upcoming congressional hearings may reveal details about that mysterious program that was abruptly cancelled by CIA Director Leon Panetta. But according to David Perry, professor of applied ethics and director of the new Vann Center for Ethics at Davidson College, the current debate concerning assassination has unfortunately shed more heat than light. Perry addresses the ethics and legality of assassination and targeted killing in his recent book, "Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation."
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"Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation" | 29-Jul-2009
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| MED | Columbia University Medical Center One of Four Sites to Lead Largest Ever Study of Suicide in the Military
Four of the nation’s leading experts in suicide research, including Dr. John Mann of Columbia University Medical Center, will carry out the largest study of suicide and mental health among military personnel ever undertaken, with $50 million in funding from the U.S. Army. The announcement came today from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), which signed a memorandum of agreement with the Army in October 2008 authorizing the NIMH to undertake the investigation with Army funding. | 16-Jul-2009
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| SCI | Ursano to Lead Largest Ever Study of Suicide in the Military
Robert J. Ursano, M.D., director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress and chairman of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Department of Psychiatry, will lead an interdisciplinary team of four research institutions to carry out a National Institute of Mental Health study – the largest study of suicide and mental health among military personnel ever undertaken, with $50 million in funding from the U.S. Army. | 16-Jul-2009
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| LIF | Expert on Combat Stress Control Units Available for Interview, Stateside and in Iraq
Social work professor Vaughn DeCoster will begin his second tour of duty in August as a team leader in a combat stress control unit in Iraq. He is available for interview during July at the University of Arkansas and will be available while deployed in Iraq.
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| New Center Aims to Improve Recovery of Soldiers with Severe Injuries
The new Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability is working to quickly move tools that are clinically valuable, safe and effective from laboratories to use in military trauma centers. The Center will leverage Georgia Tech expertise in musculoskeletal biology and regenerative medicine to improve the recovery of soldiers with severe injuries. | 26-May-2009
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| MED | Psychology Chair to Head $1.97 Million Suicide Study for Defense Department
Researchers hope short-term treatment plan can help soldier suicide rates. | 02-Apr-2009
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| MED | Combat Injuries: A Matter of Life and Death
Fast Response by Orthopaedic surgeons in the combat theater contributes to saving lives. (Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2009 at 09:00 ET.)
J. of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), Apr-2009 | 01-Apr-2009
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| SCI | Gulf War Veterans Display Abnormal Brain Response to Specific Chemicals
A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is the first to pinpoint damage inside the brains of veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome – a finding that links the illness to chemical exposures and may lead to diagnostic tests and treatments.
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging | 22-Mar-2009
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