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10 Things Vets Think They Know About Veteran Mental Health — And What They Get Wrong

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If everyone is an expert on mental health and wellness, are we listening to those who are actually experts?There seems to be a gulf, a gap, between the veteran community and the clinical mental health community that focuses on veteran mental health.

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8 Of The Worst Places To Sleep

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Benjamin Franklin nailed it when he said, "Fatigue is the best pillow." True story, Benny. There's nothing like pushing your body so far past exhaustion that you'd willingly, even longingly, take a nap on a concrete slab.

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And no one knows that better than military service members and we have the pictures to prove it.

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Iraq War Vet Charged In Deadly Shooting 'Did Not Know Wrongfulness Of Actions,' Doctor Finds

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An Iraq War veteran accused of murder and other charges suffered from severe mental illness at the time he gunned down a woman after a traffic crash, a doctor in the court's psychiatric clinic has found.

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Watch Veterans Chase Wolves And Poachers In This Wild New Animal Planet Series

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Chasing wolves and poachers through the Montana wilderness isn’t what Colorado Springs resident Jamie Havig expected to be doing over the past year.

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LGBTQ Vets, Uncomfortable With VA, Look To Each Other For Mental Health Care

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After he returned from a tour in Iraq in the fall of 2006, Ramond Curtis wanted to get as far away from the Army as he possibly could. He was mentally checked out far before his contract ran up in 2009, and he sought comfort in various drugs to quell symptoms of what would later be diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorders.

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This Hospital Just Received Its Largest Single Donation Ever To Help Veterans With PTSD

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Rush University Medical Center will receive up to $45 million — its largest single donation ever — from the Wounded Warrior Project to provide mental health services to thousands of additional veterans.

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