Fort Carson News

Mental health care lax, vets say

Denver Post

Erin Emery

May 01, 2007

Colorado Springs - A veterans advocacy group said Monday that Fort Carson soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury are not receiving adequate care and are punished for behavioral problems related to their illnesses.

Last…

Army Post to Test for Brain Injuries

WTOP News

Robert Weller

Apr 25, 2007

The Army, faced with thousands of cases of brain injury from the Iraq war, will soon begin testing brain scanning equipment in hopes of finding a more accurate way to identify hard-to-diagnose wounds.

Fort Carson hopes to…

Veterans for America’s work at Ft. Carson results in GAO investigation

Contact: Adrienne Willis — 202.557.7509

Veterans for America’s work at Ft. Carson has demonstrated the Army’s failure to respond to the war-related needs of returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. We are pleased that our work has triggered a Government Accountability…

Senators want answers on Army discharges

Army Times

Kelly Kennedy

Apr 19, 2007

Six senators have requested an investigation into what they call “upsetting allegations” that the Army gave personality-disorder discharges to 18 Fort Carson, Colo., soldiers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries.

“There are allegations of…

Experts: Iraq Veterans Wrongly Diagnosed

Austin American-Statesman

Anne Usher

Dec 24, 2006

Soldiers suffering from the stress of combat in Iraq are being misdiagnosed by military doctors as having a personality disorder, lawyers and psychologists say, which allows them to be quickly and honorably discharged but stigmatizes them…

Iraq War veterans’ mental health has police on alert

Denver Post
Erin Emery
Sep 18, 2006

Colorado Springs, Colorado - After returning from Iraq, Jason Harvey, a combat soldier with the Fort Carson-based 2nd Brigade Combat Team, raced his car at speeds of more than 100 mph on Squirrel Tree Road and played…