Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,47 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biological weapons
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 34,83 MB
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309380715
Between 1963 and 1969, the U.S. military carried out a series of tests, termed Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense), to evaluate the vulnerabilities of U.S. Navy ships to chemical and biological warfare agents. These tests involved use of active chemical and biological agents, stimulants, tracers, and decontaminants. Approximately 5,900 military personnel, primarily from the Navy and Marine Corps, are reported to have been included in Project SHAD testing. In the 1990s some veterans who participated in the SHAD tests expressed concerns to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that they were experiencing health problems that might be the result of exposures in the testing. These concerns led to a 2002 request from VA to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to carry out an epidemiological study of the health of SHAD veterans and a comparison population of veterans who had served on similar ships or in similar units during the same time period. In response to continuing concerns, Congress in 2010 requested an additional IOM study. This second study expands on the previous IOM work by making use of additional years of follow up and some analysis of diagnostic data from Medicare and the VA health care system.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Government publications
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 26,27 MB
Release : 2009-09-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309136997
In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE). The water systems were supplied by the Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point watertreatment plants, which served enlisted-family housing, barracks for unmarried service personnel, base administrative offices, schools, and recreational areas. The Hadnot Point water system also served the base hospital and an industrial area and supplied water to housing on the Holcomb Boulevard water system (full-time until 1972 and periodically thereafter). This book examines what is known about the contamination of the water supplies at Camp Lejeune and whether the contamination can be linked to any adverse health outcomes in former residents and workers at the base.
Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 33,37 MB
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Category : Legislative calendars
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Personnel
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
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Author : American Legion. National Convention
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Veterans
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 22,84 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
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Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic government information
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309466601
Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.
