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Report details flaws in Army's handling of PTSD

(AP)—The Army has more than doubled its number of military and civilian behavioral health workers in the past five years, but a new report says a litany of shortcomings plagues the force when it comes to diagnosing and ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study examines the factors underlying suicides in the Army National Guard

Studies report that since 2004, suicides rates in the U.S. Army have been on the rise. While researchers debate the cause, a new study finds that among suicide cases from 2007 – 2010, young white males were more at risk ...

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Army seeks better mental health coordination

(AP)—Army leadership is looking to improve coordination between its mental health programs and other soldier-resilience efforts.

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15 years of brain research: Multisensory speech perception examined

Research on multisensory speech perception in recent years has helped revolutionize our understanding of how the brain organizes the information it receives from our many different senses, UC Riverside psychology professor ...

Neuroscience created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Secret Cold War tests in US city raise concerns

(AP)—Doris Spates was a baby when her father died inexplicably in 1955. She has watched four siblings die of cancer, and she survived cervical cancer.

Health created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study explores injury risk in military Humvee crashes

A new report by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy examines the risk factors for injuries to U.S. military personnel from crashes involving highly mobile multipurpose ...

Health created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Rates of PTSD among Afghanistan, Iraq soldiers dramatically lower than predicted

A decade after the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, studies have shown that the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among troops is surprisingly low, and a Harvard researcher credits the drop, in ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 17, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US Army suicides rose 80 percent between 2004 and 2008

Suicides among US army personnel rose 80 per cent between 2004 and 2008, finds research by US Army Public Health Command and published online in Injury Prevention.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UT Arlington engineer developing 'Biomask' to aid soldiers recovering from facial burns

UT Arlington engineers working with Army surgeons are developing a pliable, polymer mask embedded with electrical, mechanical and biological components that can speed healing from disfiguring facial burns ...

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US Army suicides down, sex assaults up

The Pentagon said Thursday the number of suicides in the US Army fell last year for the first time since 2004, but that sexual assaults increased.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Does the military make the man or does the man make the military?

"Be all you can be," the Army tells potential recruits. The military promises personal reinvention. But does it deliver? A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 9

Suicide casts long shadow after decade of war

A soldier kills himself and his wife. Another war veteran hangs himself in despair. Yet a third puts a gun to his head and pulls the trigger outside a gas station in a confrontation with Texas lawmen.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Clemson and DriveSafety create new driving simulator for rehabilitation

Clemson University researchers, working with simulation technology company DriveSafety, have developed a new driving simulator designed for patient rehabilitation that now is being used at 11 Army, Navy and Veterans Affairs ...

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Army

An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps. Within a national military force, the word army may also mean a field army an army composed of full-time career soldiers who 'stand over', in other words, who do not disband during times of peace. They differ from army reserves who are activated only during such times as war or natural disasters.

In several countries the army is officially called the land army to differentiate it from an air force called the air army, notably France. In such countries, the word "army" on its own retains its connotation of a land force in common usage. The current largest army in the world, by number of active troops, is the People's Liberation Army of China with 2,250,000 active troops and 800,000 reserve personnel followed by the Indian Army with 1,325,000 active troops and 2,142,821 reserve personnel.

By definition, irregular military is understood in contrast to regular armies which grew slowly from personal bodyguards or elite militia.

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