AltWeeklies Wire
Sticking It to PTSDnew
Iraq veterans are beginning to get the point of acupuncture.
Seven Days |
Sarah Tuff |
03-14-2008 |
War
Vets Find a Way Homenew
Suicidal, shell-shocked and homeless veterans find help through the VA.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
01-29-2008 |
War
The Wounds of Warnew
Thousands of veterans are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan with permanent and debilitating injuries. Here are some of their stories.
A War Against Our Ownnew
Post-traumatic tightrope: 30 years after Vietnam, it still takes a vet to save a vet from the military's cost-shaving schemes.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
12-12-2007 |
War
A Marine Returnsnew
Corporal Seth Reil talks about his service -- and how even the military dogs are suffering from PTSD.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
11-14-2007 |
War
Ramadi Madnessnew
When every member of Florida's 124th Infantry returned from Iraq alive, it seemed too good to be true -- it was.
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
08-27-2007 |
War
Iraq War Vets Feel They're Being Cast Asidenew
In their own voices, three veterans speak of the inadequacy of what the military calls reintegration counseling, of the immediacy of their worst memories, of their helplessness in battle, of the struggle to rejoin a society that seems unwilling or unable to comprehend the price of their service.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
07-03-2007 |
War
Turning to Birds to Help Veterans Healnew
A new parrot sanctuary helps vets cope with PTSD at the West L.A. veterans hospital.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
06-08-2007 |
War
No Surprises in Fort Carson Visitnew
A two-day fact-finding visit to Fort Carson by legislative delegates to learn more about the treatment of soldiers with mental-health and brain-injury issues ended last week with no surprises and some common-sense approaches.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Robin Intemann |
05-22-2007 |
War
Numbed by Warnew
The pain that crippled one Marine cripples all of us.
Monterey County Weekly |
Eric Johnson |
05-17-2007 |
Commentary
One Marine, After the Warnew
Adrian Jimenez, a recovering alcoholic medicated on anti-depressants living at a VA hospital is fighting to make it the rest of the way home.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
05-17-2007 |
War
Vets Share their (Anti) War Storiesnew
Among the Iraq War's most vocal and knowledgeable critics are some of the veterans who have served in it, like these three from Vermont.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
04-25-2007 |
War
Vet's War Continued at Homenew
Walter Padilla, who recently killed himself after returning from Iraq, struggled with PTSD.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
04-17-2007 |
War
An Iraq Vet's Oval Office Ambushnew
With war memories torturing him, Alexis Janicki tried to bust his way into the White House.
Passing Throughnew
The Pentagon's mental-health investigators visit Fort Carson -- behind closed doors.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
01-30-2007 |
War
Tags: war in iraq, PTSD
