Posts Tagged ‘PTSD’

Father: Suspect in deadly Utah shootout had PTSD (AP)

This undated image provided by the Ogden Police Department on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2011 shows Officer Jared Francom who was killed Jan. 4, 2012 during a drug raid in Ogden, Utah. The shootout that erupted when police raided a Utah house on Wednesday also  wounded five other officers and the suspect, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ogden Police Department)AP – Search warrant in hand, a team of bulletproof vest-wearing officers rapped on the door of a small, red-brick Utah house, identifying themselves as police. When no one responded, authorities say, the officers burst inside.


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Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD (AP)

** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 30 **    Carrie Doehring, an associated professor of pastoral care is pictured in a classroom at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, where she teaches chaplains to respond to the stress of deployments amid two protracted wars.   Doehring helped develop the  one-year program for the Air Force, which wanted another way for its  chaplains to respond to the stress of deployments amid two protracted wars. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP – A Colorado theology school is teaching Air Force chaplains to consider the religious beliefs of servicemen and women to better help them cope with post-traumatic stress.


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Obama says country must help vets with PTSD (AP)

President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off of Marine One in Washington, Friday, July 9, 2010.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – With the military fighting two wars, President Barack Obama said Saturday the country has a “solemn responsibility” to ensure that veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder get the help they need.


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