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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

It's natural to worry during stressful times. But some people feel tense and anxious day after day, even when there is little to worry about. When this lasts for six months or longer, it may be generalized anxiety disorder or GAD. This illness affects nearly seven million Americans. Unfortunately, many people don't know they have it. So they can miss out on treatments that may lead to a better life.

The mental and physical health consequences

of service in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring

Freedom [OEF]) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi

Freedom [OIF]) have been well documented.

Studies report rates of posttraumatic stress

disorder (PTSD) among returning soldiers

ranging from 4% 1 to 31%2 and rates of depression

ranging from 3% 3 to 25%, 4 with rates

varying by diagnostic criteria, military population,

deployment location, and time since deployment.

Effects Of Repeated Deployment - American Article

By Sonya Collins

WebMD Magazine - Feature

Reviewed by Patricia A. Farrell, PhD

You're on a conference call while responding to an email and eating your lunch. Sound familiar? Most people divide their attention between several tasks at once without being truly engaged in any of them. But your well-being could suffer as a result.

The essence of this document is to clearly identify the six key elements required to achieve better collaboration and partnership with carers in the service user and carer’s journey through a typical acute episode.

For each element we suggest good practice examples and resources that may be helpful.

The Triangle Of Care - British Article

This report presents the findings of the Rwanda Deployment Health Study, a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) funded study conducted by the Centre for Australian Military and Veterans’ Health (CAMVH).

The purpose of the study was to determine the health and compensation history of veterans of the Rwanda deployment (Operation TAMAR [Troops and Medical Aid Rwanda], hereafter Op TAMAR) and differences between subgroups of the cohort.

The aims of the study are to increase understanding of contemporary veterans’ long‐term health and compensation and provide insights into the use of existing data to research veterans’ health.

The study collected, reconciled, developed and conducted exploratory analysis of data from Defence personnel and medical records, DVA compensation datasets and a National Death Index linkage.

CAMVH has produced an accurate nominal roll for the deployment, developed a framework for the extraction and analysis of medical records data and established a mortality study for the cohort.

Rwanda - Australian Article

The Dunt Review 1 into mental health services in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) enabled significant

investment in programs and initiatives across the defence environment in Australia. The subsequent attention

to long standing mental health issues for our veteran community is both timely and admirable, and has indeed

begun to address mental health stigma, education and community support around this country.

Who cares for the Carer?

Stress, PTSD and Dementia Article