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Kenn Dixon

Disparities in access to mental health services still exist for African Americans | Wel... - 0 views

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  • Juxtaposed against the study entailed above, another so-called “experiment” took place in Tuskegee, Alabama in the 1940′s. Unlike the former study, the subjects of this study knew exactly what they were getting into. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots who were trained to fly combat missions in World War II. In further contrast to the earlier Tuskegee experiments, the Tuskegee Airmen were hugely successful, shooting down a total of 112 enemy aircraft in flight and helping the U.S. secure significant victories in air combat. In the segregated military of WWII, the Tuskegee Airmen also made strides in the battle raging in the country for which they were fighting, a battle for equality. The recently released movie Red Tails tells the story of the Airmen.
  • rom 1932-1972, 399 impoverished African American sharecroppers were allowed to live, and, in many cases, die with untreated Syphilis in what became known as the “Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment” in Tuskegee, Alabama. Run by the United States Public Health Service, researchers used their human victims to study the course of the disease.
Ilona Meagher

Richmond Times-Dispatch | For these airmen, it's about surviving, not flying - 0 views

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  • The role of the Air Force in Afghanistan is crucial, especially as Taliban forces try to close a supply route through Pakistan's Khyber Pass and Kyrgyzstan seeks to shut a U.S. air base in that country. Nearly 600 airmen have been killed or wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks - and 96 percent of them have been on the ground, according to Air Force officials. Their mounting losses - partly due to expanded duties off base - prompted intensive training, begun three years ago, to help the ground airmen survive combat.
  • Ilona Meagher on 14 Mar 09
     
    Stats on Air Force combat-zone casualties.
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Ilona Meagher

Standard-Examiner | Another HAFB suicide / Longtime employee: Morale low, feeling of po... - 0 views

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Ilona Meagher

Dayton Daily News | Army, Air Force confront suicide problem - 0 views

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  • Ilona Meagher on 07 May 09
     
    The Air Force reported 13 suicides through April 24 this year, compared with 39 in 2008 and a recent peak of 49 in 2004. That compared with 17 Air Force combat deaths within the past two years, including three in the past six months. The American Psychiatric Association is working with the armed services to help provide counseling to combat veterans and spouses, said Dr. Carolyn Robinowitz, the organization's immediate past president. "The military is trying to address this. But it's kind of a conflict," Robinowitz said. "The culture is one of not admitting weakness."
Ilona Meagher

DefenseLink News Article (June 9, 1999): New Programs Aim to Reduce Combat Stress, Prev... - 0 views

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  • Ilona Meagher on 24 Jul 09
     
    WASHINGTON, June 9, 1999 - President Clinton and DoD announced June 7 two new Defense Department initiatives aimed at improving the mental health of service members. The first, called the "combat stress control" program, seeks to help identify and manage stress during deployments before it adversely impacts service members' coping skills and effectiveness. The second initiative, aimed at suicide prevention, will take the existing Air Force suicide prevention pilot program and expand it throughout DoD by the end of this year. The Air Force program has been particularly successful, achieving a 50 percent reduction in suicides in only three years. The president announced the initiatives in conjunction with the first-ever White House Conference on Mental Health, held June 7 at Washington's Howard University and chaired by Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore. The president and Mrs. Clinton also participated in the all-day conference aimed at reducing the stigma associated with mental health disease and treatment and improving care throughout the nation.
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