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DefenseLink.mil - Special Report - Social Media - 0 views

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    DefenseLink.mil - The official website of the United States Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, DoD, Defense, Military
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DefenseLink.mil - Special Report - Wounded Care - 0 views

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    DefenseLink.mil - The official website of the United States Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, DoD, Defense, Defence, Military
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CQ Politics | Spurred by Gates, Congress May Consider Overhauling Military Health Care - 0 views

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    For the first time in years, Congress and the Defense Department may be ready to reach a compromise on how to overhaul the military health care system, the fastest-growing portion of the defense budget.
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Gates urges legislators to shelve parochial interests - 0 views

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    Defense Secretary Robert Gates Tuesday appealed to lawmakers to set aside parochial interests and act in what he believes is in the best interest of the country when considering the Defense Department's fiscal 2010 budget request.
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"Super Coaches" to Assist Service Members With Psychological Problems - 0 views

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    The Defense Department is launching a new program soon that's designed to assist transitioning service members in accessing help for mental health issues, a U.S. Public Health Service officer announced in Washington, D.C., Mar. 23. The Transitional Support Program is "designed to bridge potential gaps in psychological health services that can occur during periods of transfer," when service members complete military service and re-enter civilian life, according to Cmdr. Guy Mahoney, who is detailed to work with the Defense Department.
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Defense Department, VA Smooth Path to Benefits for Severely Wounded - 0 views

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    The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments today announced a new, faster means for handling troops with "catastrophic" injuries who seek the veterans' status that allows them access to VA medical and other entitlements.
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Defense Department, VA Host Suicide Prevention Conference - 0 views

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    More than 750 people from the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and private enterprise -- including social workers, chaplains, researchers, and family members - are gathered here this week for a suicide-prevention conference.
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MHS Official Podcast- DotMilDocs on BlogTalkRadio - 0 views

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    You're listening to Dot Mil Docs, a product of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. This show is designed to discuss the topics that concern you most when it comes to military health. We welcome your input, your questions, and your thoughts. We're glad you joined us. The appearance of advertising on this Web site, does not constitute endorsement by the (Department of Defense), of the products or services advertised on this site.
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DoD to focus on health care access problems - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times - 0 views

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    Although defense health care does not fall within the purview of Tommy Thomas, deputy undersecretary of defense for military community and family policy, military families do.
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DHIMS | Defense Health Information Management System - 0 views

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    The Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS) provides information management and IT solutions that capture, manage and share healthcare data for the military's Electronic Health Record (EHR).
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Defense Department Launches Real Warriors Campaign - 0 views

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    "Real Warriors is a program aimed at wiping out the stigma associated with getting mental health care in the military," said Army Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Loree Sutton. "We want people to seek help the same way they would if they had a physical wound." Sutton is a psychiatrist who heads the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
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Initiatives to Assist TBI, PTSD Sufferers - 0 views

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    The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) is one of many parts of the Department of Defense (DoD) that is undertaking initiatives to promote the prevention, early identification and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and substance use disorders.
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Researchers urge sweeping TBI care changes - 0 views

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    A team sponsored by the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force released a report Thursday stating that mental and traumatic brain injury health issues should be handled by the secretary of defense so they can be more quickly addressed, and recommended that Congress appropriate $350 million to fund a list of other proposals that the team laid out.
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New Research Examines Concussion in Military - 0 views

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    Research from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), http://www.dvbic.org/, indicates as many as 10 to 20 percent of U.S. troops who had combat exposure may have sustained a concussion during the time they were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Donated Blood Saves Lives - 0 views

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    As Armed Services Blood Program officials join with the rest of the nation in observing National Blood Donor Month, the program's director expressed gratitude for the more than 165,000 donations from Defense Department military, civilians and their families in 2008.
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WarriorCare.mil - We Stand Together - 0 views

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    WarriorCare.mil - The Department of Defense Gateway to Warrior Care Resources for Servicemembers and their families.
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DefenseLink News Release: Psychological Health, Traumatic Brain Injury Outreach Center ... - 0 views

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    The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury is operating the 24-hour center, which will be open 365 days a year and is staffed by behavioral health consultants and nurses, including some former military psychologists.
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VA, DOT, DOD Steer Vets Toward Safe Driving - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON - With motor vehicle crashes being a leading cause of deaths among combat veterans during the first years after their return home, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Defense (DOD) are working together to reduce these accidents.
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Department Keeps Commitment to Stress Care, Official Says - 0 views

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    The Defense Department is deeply committed to providing the best care possible for military members with post-traumatic stress disorder, despite the determination that the disorder does not meet the criteria for the Purple Heart, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said yesterday.
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Wounded Warriors, Other Gates Priorities to Continue in Next Administration - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is pleased by "great progress" in improving care and support for wounded warriors, but believes these developments "are still not good enough" and plans to implement more, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today.
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