{"id":85249,"date":"2019-02-26T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85249"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:32:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:32:27","slug":"healing-invisible-wounds-the-perpetual-push-to-faux-philanthropy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85249","title":{"rendered":"Healing Invisible Wounds: The perpetual push to faux philanthropy\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There has to be a stronger pushback by veterans concerning all these people who are stereotyping veterans as damaged people.\u00a0 \u00a0I wish I had a more effective way of expressing all the ways these kinds of articles and organizations are pimping out a false belief for money and attention.<\/p>\n

With many veterans not receiving the mental health care they need, and alarming numbers committing suicide, private funders have been stepping up. We check in on an initiative to help veterans that involves tens of millions of dollars in new grant money for research.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This homeless 101st Airborne 11 Bravo combat soldier with PTSD is so damaged by his service to this country that we need to help.\u00a0 Using these kinds of pictures reminds me of those adopt a puppy commercials\u00a0where they show some poor sad looking puppy that needs a home.<\/p>\n

With the help of its four academic medical center partner programs\u2014UCLA, Emory Healthcare, Massachusetts General Hospital and Rush University Medical Center\u2014Warrior Care Network provides a year’s worth of mental health care in intensive two- to three-week programs. Each of these programs is receiving a chunk of the $160 million, funds raised from the wide range of institutional and individual donors that support WWP<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really?\u00a0 $160,000,000 for me to with my mental health?<\/p>\n

A Desperate Need<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Defense’s own Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center reports that more 380,000 service people have sustained traumatic brain injuries. Statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs reveal that 20 veterans die by suicide every day.<\/p>\n

In 2008, RAND estimated nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression. \u201cThe need for services and support continues to grow exponentially even as the numbers of killed and wounded decline, and the public’s interest and involvement wanes,\u201d WWP said at the time.<\/p>\n

Yet ten years later, the Veterans Administration is falling short when it comes to addressing such issues as brain injuries, stress disorders, depression, and suicide. Far too many vets survive battle overseas only to lose battles with their inner demons back at home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How do I state my opinion of this?\u00a0 Hmm… No, there are not 380,000 service people that have sustained traumatic brain injuries, 20 veterans do not die by suicide every day and 20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans do not have PTSD and\/or major depression.<\/p>\n

If they do not make the VA out to be the antagonist then how will they raise money?\u00a0 \u00a0The VA has been doing an outstanding job.\u00a0 They are not faultless of course, but the VA would make sure this poor homeless Army Vet in the picture got off the streets and had a meal.<\/p>\n

It costs next to nothing to walk his ass to the VA.<\/p>\n

Source: Healing Invisible Wounds: A Look at a Major Push on Veteran’s Mental Health \u2014 Inside Philanthropy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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