As part of our #RethinkVets media campaign, local veterans talk about the challenges they faced re-entering civilian life.
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A new report shows there has been a steady rise in veteran suicide that overtakes the number of soldiers who were killed in combat. Col. Michael Hudson joins the show to discuss possible solutions.
"It's our job as civilians to tend to the returning warriors by bringing them into the center of the community," says Dr. Ed Tick, psychotherapist and author of "War and the Soul."
February 18, 2009 in Eugene OR. This was the 2008-09 Tzedek Lecture.
Tasha Brade is a the youngest member of the Justice4Grenfell campaign. She reveals how she suffered from PTSD in the weeks after she witnesses the fire at Grenfell Tower and that joining this campaigner was her way to heal.
The Me Too movement, first conceptualized over a decade ago, envisions intersectional survivor-centered solidarity for people of all races, classes, genders and abilities.
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In the return to civilian life, many women find that veteran services fall short of their needs. Unemployment rates for female veterans are higher than for other women, as well as for male veterans. Female veterans are at least twice as likely to be homeless than women who haven’t worn a uniform.
While serving his country in Saudi Arabia, Airman Dwayne Parker lost vision in his right eye. Like thousands of our servicemen and women wounded in action in Iraq and Afghanistan, Dwayne returned home to a life filled with challenges. For Dwayne, frustration and depression soon followed.
NAMI’s CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. and CSO Sherman Gillums, Jr. discuss veteran mental health in honor of Veterans Day 2021.
November 11th is Veterans Day, and with more than 20% of veterans returning home with major depression or PTSD, we need to focus on providing care to this underserved community.