Tag Archives: PTSD and suicide
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Suicide Now Outranks War-Related Military Deaths
Posted on December 9, 2014 by admin in PTSD Blog.According to a new report recently released by the Pentagon in the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, suicide is now the leading cause of death among the military. War-related causes have dropped to a second ranking for the first time in ten years. As reported by the Inquisitr, “Suicide accounted for three in 10 military deaths […]
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Suicide Prevention and Awareness
Posted on November 18, 2014 by admin in PTSD Blog.Norman watched from the shade of the porch as his father walked slowly toward the barn to do the milking. Clouds of dust swirled around his father’s boots as he scuffed through the dry earth. In a few hours he’d return to the house, and the family would gather at the table for dinner. His […]
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Broken Places. A View from the Other Side. (Part 3 of 5)
Posted on July 26, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.I “met” Wanda Sanchez when she booked me to talk about my book, The Silent Seduction of Self Talk on her San Francisco radio show. I guess I did a good job because afterwards she booked me to do a series of shows on my caregiving books. We never talked, but why would we? […]
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Reasons People Don’t Seek PTSD Treatment
Posted on June 15, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.For nearly forty years, my best friend lived with the symptoms of PTSD: hyper-vigilance, sleeplessness, nightmares, flashbacks, rage, dissociation, depression, obsessive-compulsive and self-abusive behavior, avoidance and isolation, and a fixation on suicide. Much of her life was a horrific struggle that spiraled slowly downward over the years. But she never sought treatment for post-traumatic stress […]
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Broken Places: A View from the Other Side (part 3 of 4)
Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.By Shelly Beach I “met” Wanda Sanchez when she booked me to talk about my book The Silent Seduction of Self-Talk on her San Francisco radio show. I guess I did a good job because afterwards she booked me to do a series of shows on my caregiving books. We never talked, but why would […]
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