Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Right-wing 'reporter' makes mental health a political issue

2013-06-09 04:00:00

I cannot write this the way I want. Doing so would invade the privacy of too many people. But I can't be silent, either. Last week, you see, President Barack Obama spoke before a conference of mental health advocates at the White House. It is necessary,...

Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks

2013-05-17 00:00:00

The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...

VA to immediately evaluate, pay oldest disability claims

2013-04-19 16:06:08

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday a plan to immediately evaluate and pay the oldest disability claims, a move that advocates expect will bring relief to Maryland servicemen and women who face one of the largest backlogs in the...

Towson teacher among marathon victims to lose limb

2013-04-17 18:57:00

After two days of heavy sedation, Erika Brannock awoke Wednesday morning in her hospital bed to dramatic and gruesome news: Her left leg had been amputated below the knee, the only medical option for a team of surgeons handling traumatic injuries from the...

Progress at DJS

2013-02-28 09:58:00

The independent watchdog agency that oversees Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services recently released a report showing the state made important progress last year toward improving conditions for youths held in its three largest juvenile detention...

A test for Md. gun bill

2013-03-18 10:11:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun control bill faces a crucial test this week, when it is expected to receive committee votes in the House of Delegates. Although the legislation passed the Senate with strong support — and despite polling showing the vast...

Hospitals team to find beds for psychiatric patients

2013-02-18 15:38:00

Carl Edgell doesn't enjoy going to the hospital. But he doesn't want to hurt anyone, either. The 44-year-old homeless man has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. At times when he has felt that he has...

Deputies diffuse Edgewood barricade situation during Super Bowl

2013-02-05 12:50:09

No one was injured Sunday night when a man barricaded himself inside his Edgewood home, resulting in a police SWAT team being dispatched at the height of the Super Bowl. David McCracken, 44, of the 900 block of Cedar Crest Court in Edgewood, was being...

VA approves veteran's claim after Baltimore Sun report

2013-02-01 16:38:12

For 21/2 years, Iraq combat veteran Robert Fearing battled overwhelming anxiety and paranoia, a remnant of the mortar attacks he endured in the desert, all the while swallowing his frustration at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to...

Baltimore VA office worst in nation for processing disability claims

2013-01-26 08:46:00

The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the slowest in the country in processing disability claims for servicemen and servicewomen — averaging about a year — and makes more mistakes than any other office. The...

Arundel follies, Dwyer's drinking, Ravens on the wrist

2013-01-16 17:14:35

All the world's a stage, especially Anne Arundel County. It has produced, far and away, the best shows of the season: a County Council member sent to prison, followed by a long squabble over his replacement; a congenial county executive charged with being...

Veterans quietly manage ear pain

2013-01-12 06:36:00

On his two deployments to Iraq with the 18th Airborne Corps, Spc. Jon Michael Cripps spent more time keeping the Army's computers running than he did in combat, but he can't forget what he heard. The constant roar of generators, along with the hum of...

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Darryl Charles, 22, participates in a yoga class at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, CA on June 10. He lost his right leg above the knee after he stepped on an IED in Afghanistan in October 2011.

2013-06-14 17:21:44

Behind John Otte is a picture of him receiving his second Purple Heart. The Vietnam veteran gets $1,900 a month for post-traumatic stress disorder and diabetes, and he has applied for full disability benefits; that filing has been pending since 2010.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Ric Ryan takes every other Tuesday off from walking and drives 35 miles to the veterans clinic in Sonora for treatment of what he now knows is post-traumatic stress disorder.

2013-03-25 15:21:00