Advertisement
Departments | Specialty Focus | Non-Clinical Topics | News | Special Issues | e-Newsletter | Education | Archive | Site Search

Archive for 2013

How Women Learn to Fear Might Explain Higher Rates of PTSD

VA Researchers Find Sex-Based Differences in Disorder
SAN FRANCISCO — Why are women so much more likely than men to develop post-traumatic stress disorder? The answer could be differences in the way men and women develop fear responses, according to VA researchers.

Veterans with mTBI Could Be Affected by Hormone Deficiencies

Hypopituitarism May Cause Insomnia, Reduced Libido, Depression
SEATTLE — For the 30% of warriors with concussive injuries whose symptoms fail to resolve in a few months, recent research offers new hope.

Mobile Application to Help Families Manage Healthcare Wins Federal Challenge

SAN CARLOS, CA — A mobile health application that helps families manage their healthcare is the grand-prizewinner of the HHS Healthfinder.gov Mobile App Challenge.

Moving Quickly On Mobile Health

One striking aspect of the project is how quickly the app went from conception to fruition. It was launched for iPhone on Sept. 20 and Android on Sept. 27 but was conceived only about six months before that, Ciulla said. “It’s about six months to ...

Gauging Resilience

T2’s Provider Resilience App was launched last September to allow healthcare providers to track how they’re feeling, offering a quotient that shows them what their resilience rating is from one day to the next. The app’s dashboard resembles a vehi...

DoD Mobile App Helps Healthcare Providers Track Own Resilience

Tool Can Help Prevent Compassion Fatigue or ‘Secondary Traumatic Stress’
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCHORD, WA— One of the most insidious things about trauma is that its effects can spread far beyond the initial event.

VHA Recommendations on Use of Citalopram

In light of the FDA safety communications, the VHA has disseminated specific recommendations on the use of citalopram. A National Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) bulletin called for the following: 1.When possible, providers should refrain from p...

New VA Study Takes Issue with FDA's Warnings about Citalopram

ANN ARBOR, MI — For nearly two years, the Food and Drug Administration has been issuing safety advisories about the risks of abnormal heart rhythms with higher doses of the antidepressant citalopram hydrobromide.

VA Executive Bonuses Under Attack Because of Claims Backlogs, Healthcare Problems

WASHINGTON — A House committee has voted to ban VA senior executives from receiving any bonuses for five years, citing claims backlogs and unresolved healthcare quality issues.

VA Meets Hiring Goal for Mental Health Providers

WASHINGTON—VA has met its goal to hire 1,600 new mental health providers, the agency has announced. The goal was part of an executive order issued last August by President Obama that outlined initiatives to improve access to mental health services...
Advertisement