Soldiers With Severe PTSD Have Trouble Finding Help
SAMHSA awards Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants to four organizations
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced the award of four Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants totaling $100,000 to the organizations below. The grant awards will support conferences that highlight the latest evidence-based prevention strategies, practices, and polices. The conferences are designed to help integrate what is known about prevention into real …
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Common drug can cause dependency
People taking benzodiazepine, a drug class commonly found in sleeping pills and tranquillizers, should not discontinue its use abruptly, as withdrawal symptoms may be severe and make discontinuation difficult, an independent German scientific institute warns. Citing a meta-analysis by the University of Queensland (Australia) School of Medicine, the Cologne-based Institute for Quality and …
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Soldiers with severe PTSD have trouble finding help
In the eight years since a military ombudsman issued a report chastising the Canadian military for sticking their heads in the sand about post-traumatic stress disorder, the military has come a long way. But soldiers who suffer from the most severe form of PTSD still find serious gaps in the system of care.
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