POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
THE DEMAND FOR VA PTSD CARE IS CURRENTLY HUGE
Lost our Iraqi War Vet to PTSD 5 weeks ago...
State Supreme Court Ethics Official Mocks Vet For His PTSD
What Is PTSD
Calling for advocates for American Veterans disabled with PTSD
Decorated Vet Mocked For His PTSD
Audie Murphy (American Hero) had PTSD
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) App Helps Thousands
They fought for us....lets fight for them.
Please give American PTSD veterans a stronger voice.
** Americans Working Together **
webmaster Jack Cunningham
The photo of the 'Marlboro Man' in Fallujah became a symbol of the Iraq conflict.
Disabled Vet Battles Corrupt Law Firm: Evidence Firms Contact, Invoices, Supreme Count Documents
National Veterans Disgrace
It became a symbol of the Iraq conflict
Open Letter to Governor Chris Christie From a PTSD Vet
** HEAR The Dear Vietnam Veteran Letter, Love America **
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State of New Jersey gives free passes...
PTSD Vietnam Vet: Jack Cunningham takes on New Jersey courts
PTSD Bill passed unanimously...
"No Shame In Cryin" dedicated to America's new veterans suffering from PTSD
Combat Vet Mocked For His PTSD By State Ethics Official
Widespread misdiagnosis hid PTSD in New Veterans
War experiences of a PTSD disabled veteran
Veterans Affairs (VA) Statistics: Average of 18 vets commit suicide each and every day
* Honorably discharged vet mocked in State's Supreme Court for having PTSD *
LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR A PTSD DISABLED VETERAN.
Vet Mocked For Having PTSD
Did a PTSD Vet Cause a State's Supreme Court Official to Resign
National PTSD Awareness Day June 27
Afghanistan PTSD Worse Than Vietnam
PTSD disabled vets should be protected under the Federal Americans with Disability Act
Why the evident lack of concern in this blatant State Government Disabled PTSD Vet Discrimination
The disgraceful treatment of our veterans
Father's War Became Daughter's Nightmare
American Patriots are watching what happens to a PTSD Vet...
Is PTSD Harassment a Form of Discrimination
VA Busted Again Over Poor Diagnosis and Mistreatment of PTSD Vets
Celebrating Our Veterans Hollywood Style (Attack PTSD vets)
PTSD Discrimination is Real. One Vet Fights Back
Friends and Supporters of America's PTSD Veterans
Should a veterans rights be marginalized because he or she has PTSD
VA psychologist to staff: don't diagnose PTSD
County Officers harass, intimidate and laugh at an honorable vets' combat-earned disability
State Senator is a true advocate for disabled veterans
Soldiers' emotional battle scars put doctors in dilemma
Governor states vets deserve utmost respect, yet he refuses to answer one vet's letters for years
** the little guy can win **
~~ ** MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN WASHINGTON DC ** ~~
PTSD Disabled Veteran Is Nearing The Impossible...
If you served on an U.S. Navy ship...
VA and Army Doctors are BOTH told NOT to diagnose PTSD in Veterans
90 percent say it is a conflict of interest. What do you say...? *
Troubled Homecoming for America's Military Veterans
What combat feels like...
THE STIGMA OF HAVING PTSD
Lawyer comes unprepared for court arbitration forcing a PTSD veteran to represent himself
Do You Agree With Actor Val Kilmer About Most Vietnam Vets were borderline criminals or poor
PTSD Tied to Successful Insanity Defense
** WHAT IS PTSD **
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON WEBMASTER AND VIETNAM VET JACK CUNNINGHAM AND HIS U.S. MARINE BUDDY
PTSD EXACERBATION EVIDENCE AGAINST A CORRUPT LAW FIRM AND A STATE GOVERNMENT
Disabled Veteran Hospitalized After Attacked By County Employees
PTSD Disabled Veteran Hospitalized After Attacked By County Employees
PTSD Vet, His Friends And Email Readers Helped Save The USS ARIZONA Marine Remembrance Pearl Harbor
Iraq War PTSD Veteran Beaten By Police, While The Veteran IS Hand-cuffed.
DISABLED PTSD VETERAN GOING AGAINST A CORRUPT POLITICAL MACHINE
For the PTSD disabled Veterans, their families, their friends and their supporters ...IMPORTANT...
Finding ways to help war vets experiencing traumatic stress
Group Offers Free Psychiatric Care to War Vets
** Post-traumatic stress soars in U.S. troops: IS THIS HOW THEY WILL BE TREATED **
** Post-traumatic stress soars in U.S. troops **
On March 11, 2008, my wife and I went to the F.B.I. office in Newark, New Jersey.
Senate VA Committee To Examine Disability Benefits Commission Recommendations - Boost Vets Benefits
HONORABLE VETERAN MOCKED FOR HIS PTSD
WAR RELATED PTSD AND HEAD INJURIES
FEDERAL COURT: "Trumps the law designed to protect the rights of veterans." PRESS HERE
According to Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) estimates, there are over 98,000 new PTSD Vets
Superior Court Judge Believes PTSD Vet Over An Attorney Ethics Vice-Chairman.
There is still a major, negative stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.)
Hilton Hotels Corporation And Wounded Veterans
A MUST READ FOR ALL AMERICANS, WHO CARE ABOUT AMERICA'S HONORABLE MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN
MEMORANDUM TO ALL VIETNAM VETERANS
Coming Home from War on the Cheap ~ Shortchanging the Wounded
THE DEMAND FOR VA PTSD CARE IS CURRENTLY HUGE
AN HONORABLE PTSD VIETNAM VET SHEDS HIS BLOOD FOR AMERICA AND HIS STATE REPAYS HIM
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is affecting our 9-11 rescue workers and 9-11 survivors at an
A PTSD VET'S LETTER-PETITION TO GOVERNOR JON CORZINE OF NEW JERSEY
PLEASE SIGN PTSD DISABLED VIETNAM VET'S PETITION
FREE CREATIVE WRITING TRAINING FOR DISABLED WAR ON TERROR VETERANS
HELP FOR PTSD
REFLECTIONS ON LIVING LIFE JOYFULLY
I am your neighbor.
THE STRESS OF COMBAT VFW MAGAZINE ARTICLE
PTSD DISCRIMINATION
HONORABLE VETERAN MOCKED FOR HIS PTSD
PTSD DISABLED VETERAN DENIED DUE PROCESS
AMERICANS WORKING TOGETHER

 

 

I'm 100%  P & T  for PTSD, however, I have a number of secondary health problems associated to the PTSD as well as chronic pain from a bomb blast I took in May 1970.

I'm extremely concerned about the huge increase of demand for PTSD therapy and over-all PTSD care. The VA was not prepared for this.  I'm sure they did not hire the new staff to prepare for this huge increase in demand.  Yet the VA is NOT even in Catch-up Time.


The older vets are proudly and respectfully sharing their time with America's most recent PTSD Disabled,  Honorable Vets.

However, the VA should start hiring more staff now...

 
 
Press Release Source: American Federation of Government Employees
Veterans Affairs Nurses, AFGE Join Group to Advocate for Increased Staffing and Improved Patient Care
Monday March 27, 1:17 pm ET
New Group to Help Nurses Gain Voice in Fixing Health Care System
 
WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Chronic under-funding of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), insufficient staffing levels, poor compensation and mandatory overtime are just a few of the issues causing a patient care crisis within the VA says the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the union representing VA nurses. To confront the growing crisis, AFGE recently joined RNs Working Together, a coalition of AFL-CIO unions tasked with coordinating organizing and bargaining activities to improve patient care nationally and give nurses a strong voice in fixing health care systems in the public and private sectors.
"As VA nurses struggle to care for the nation's veterans, this new structure will allow unions to pool our resources, leading to more aggressive legislative, political and bargaining activities that will benefit nurses and challenge the way the government and the health care industry treat some of its most valuable resources," says AFGE National Vice President Jane Nygaard.
RNs Working Together is an Industrial Coordinating Committee (ICC), a new structure that is designed to foster common strategies and practices for unions within a given industry. Unions that agree to join ICCs will receive additional support from the labor federation. AFL-CIO unions that do not join the ICC will be prohibited from organizing in that industry.
"VA nurses constantly tell us that low staffing levels top their list of concerns," says Nygaard. "VA nurses are being forced to take care of too many patients at one time. If you talk to nurses around the country, most will tell you that understaffing is driving nurses out of the profession and having a negative impact on the quality of patient care."
VA nurses are especially concerned about staffing levels due to the growing number of injured veterans returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and the needs of a growing older veterans population. Despite this, the administration's fiscal 2007 budget contains no boost in nursing home funding and actually includes a 13 percent funding cut for veterans' programs by the year 2011.
"Once again the administration has proposed a 'smoke and mirrors' budget," says Nygaard. "The new budget is based on unproven management efficiencies, overly optimistic collection rates, and dead-on-arrival proposals for increased drug co-pays and enrollment fees. Our veterans deserve better."
Additionally, recent studies have revealed a clear link between staffing shortages, overworked nurses and patient care. According to a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing study, 20,000 people die each year because they checked into a hospital with overworked nurses. The study also found that Americans scheduled for routine surgeries run a 31 percent greater risk of dying if they are admitted to a hospital with a severe shortage of nurses. Staffing shortages also are leading to more mandatory overtime for already overworked nurses, high turnover rates and recruiting problems.
"Increasing the pay for nurses would go a long way toward increased recruiting and retention," says Nygaard. "However, when the administration refuses to properly fund the VA, we are back to square one and that means that veterans won't get the care they need or deserve. VA nurses are extremely concerned about the persistent wear and tear on the VA health care system, which both parallels and affects all U.S. health care systems. If something isn't done soon, both the public and private sector systems will be broken beyond repair and this country can't afford to let that happen."
The eight unions that comprise RNs Working Together are AFGE, United American Nurses, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Communications Workers of America, United Steelworkers, Office and Professional Employees International Union, and United Auto Workers.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.


Source: American Federation of Government Employees


 
 
 
 
 
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Research indicates early intervention after a traumatic event can reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That’s why the more we know about PTSD, the more effective we can be as social workers to help people overcome and cope with this mental health condition.

June 27 is PTSD Awareness Day, which was established last year by the Senate to raise public awareness about PTSD.  Awareness first starts with understanding what something is, where it comes from and how it can be treated.

This “What is PTSD?” infographic outlines the symptoms, causes and treatments for the various types of traumatic events, and we hope this serves as a good starting point to spread awareness.
http://msw.usc.edu/mswusc-blog/national-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-



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What is PTSD
Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder-PTSD
A real David and Goliath story
Eight year corruption battle against his State Government may finally come to light...
 
 
 
 
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Do you remember the NY Post's picture of this Marine.   He now has PTSD.
 
 
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The U.S. Congress Should Write Legislation To Protect Veterans With PTSD From Discrimination And Harassment.
 

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A real David vs. Goliath story.
 
Serving as a  PRO SE, Superior Court plaintiff,  a PTSD disabled veteran convinced Honorable Judge Ronald Graves that a high level Supreme Court Official and his law firm committed Legal Malpractice.   Over the objection of this high level Supreme Court official, Judge Graves determined that the disabled vet's charges and evidence "warrants the Law Division for damages."     When the disabled veteran asked the court for a transcript of Judge Graves' decision, he was notified by the court clerk that part of the court transcript was (strangely) missing and could not be reproduced."    Read some of the court filed letters by pressing here.   This missing court transcript helped this corrupt, high level Supreme Court official and his corrupt law firm to get away with Legal Malpractices charges and Attorney Ethics charges.    This state courts' COVER-UP is still going on.       PRESS  HERE  FOR  EVIDENCE 
IT'S  ALREADY  BEEN  SEVEN  YEARS  OF  BATTLE,  BUT  DAVID  IS  NOT  GIVING  UP,  UNTIL GOLIATH  AND  HIS  SUPPORTERS  COME  DOWN  TO  JUSTICE.
 
 

 
 

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Webmaster & Disabled Vet Jack Cunningham Battles A Corrupt Law Firm And The Powerful State Officials, Who Are Protecting Them: The Veteran's Evidence  - The Law Firm's Own Contact, Invoices, Supreme Court & Superior Court Filed Documents, Statements, Letters, Certifications, etc.   Please PRESS  HERE  For Details And Evidence.
 
 
 
Audie Murphy (American Hero) had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)... !
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Most decorated combat soldier of World War II had PTSD.
 
 
 
 

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