Crisis in Army Psychopharmacology and Mental Health Care at Fort Hood
Crisis in Army Psychopharmacology and Mental Health Care at Fort Hood, 06 Jan 2010, CNS Spectrums
Trends in Psychopharmacology
Stephen M. Stahl, MD, PhD
The recent shootings at Ft. Hood, allegedly by an Army psychiatrist, have placed much needed focus on Army mental health care. Questions are now being raised as to whether longstanding and severe shortages in the number of mental health professionals in the Army may have led authorities to overlook danger signals in this psychiatrist, failing to remove him in order to retain a worker with rare and valuable psychiatric credentials for Army service. Whether or not this is the case, examination of mental health care in the Army shows a system that is indeed understaffed, under tremendous pressure, and near the breaking point.
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The Biopsychosocial Model 25 Years Later: Principles, Practice, and Scientific Inquiry
The Biopsychosocial Model 25 Years Later: Principles, Practice, and Scientific Inquiry, Annals of Family Medicine 2:576-582 (2004)
The biopsychosocial model is both a philosophy of clinical care and a practical clinical guide. Philosophically, it is a way of understanding how suffering, disease, and illness are affected by multiple levels of organization, from the societal to the molecular.
http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/content/abstract/2/6/576
Female Vets Report Military Sexual Trauma
Female Vets Report Military Sexual Trauma, 30 October 2008
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
According to preliminary research results from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately 15 percent of recently returned female veterans utilizing the VA health care system report experiencing sexual trauma during military service.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2008/10/30/female-vets-report-military-sexual-trauma/3234.html
Chairman of the Joints Chiefs -Calls for Better Mental Health Programs
Chairman of the Joints Chiefs -Calls for Better Mental Health Programs, 04 Nov 2009, American Forces Press Service
By Jim Garamone, NORFOLK, Va.
The military’s top officer today urged mental health providers to demonstrate leadership in developing effective programs to treat wounded warriors.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56535
Air Force Surgeon General Asks Military Health System for “Disruptive Innovation”
AF SG Asks MHS for “Disruptive Innovation”, 01 Feb 2010, Military Heal System – health.mil
By: David Loebsack | Health.mil
Lt. Gen. Charles B. Green, surgeon general of the Air Force, gave a lecture during the 2010 MHS Conference Jan. 28, introducing a new goal to the military medical community: disruptive innovation. Chief Master Sgt. Charlie Cole spoke alongside him, similarly challenging the audience – which included some 3,000 senior decision makers, providers and caregivers – to push the bar and make the MHS a leader in quality health care. By leveraging infrastructure and global partnerships with private sector, public sector and academic institutions, Green said the MHS can create the future of precise, personalized care.
http://www.health.mil/Press/Release.aspx?ID=1151
Military Families Cry for Help
Military families cry for help, 27 Jan 2010, USA Today
This article highlights that the Invisible Wounds of War have a far reaching impact not only on the warrior, but on the family and the community at large. The caregiver of the nation’s warriors must be supported as they care for our wounded.
http://www.usatoday.com/LIFE/usaedition/2010-01-27-veteranscaregivers27_CV_U.htm?csp=34
