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Issues Facing Returning Veterans   Quantity in Basket: None Code: nwl988-DLD1.pdf Price: $0.00   Product Format: Free Download Free Hardcopy   Quantity:   "These are no ordinary times for the nation and its veterans and those who care for them. For that reason, this issue of Resource Links newsletter is dedicated to understanding the complexities that returning veterans and their families face. This issue, an update to our similar 2004 edition, will focus on the unique as well as the more fundamental issues facing our veterans today." In This Issue: Letter's from New York Senator Hilary Clinton and Pennsylvania Representative Tim Murphy A Chaplain's reflections on combat Afghanistan and Iraq present mounting new challenges for treatment Early or previous trauma suggests predisposition for PTSD War and terrorism's "signature" injury: Traumatic Brain Injury

Addictions Recovery: When Knowing the Facts Can Help   Quantity in Basket: 1 Code: nwl987-DLD1.pdf Price: $0.00   Product Format: Free Download Hardcopy $1.00   Quantity:   Individuals with substance use disorders require continuing care because of the nature and course of the illness. Drug addiction is a complex illness. It is characterized by compulsive-at times uncontrollable-drug craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. For many people, drug addiction becomes chronic, with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence (NIDA, 1999). Addiction can cause permanent changes in brain structure and chemistry. This is demonstrated through three decades of scientific research and clinical practice that have yielded a variety of effective approaches to drug addiction treatment (Harvard, 2007; NIDA, 1999; Dennis et al, in press). It is not just illicit drug use but also misuse of prescribed medications. Illicit substance abuse is a major national public health problem that creates impaired health, harmful behaviors, and major economic and social burdens...but there are effective medical and public health approaches to the problem." (Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy, 2002).