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The Duke AHEC Program, in collaboration with the Sandhills Local Management Entity, has developed an ongoing continuing medical series to address important psychiatric management issues encountered in community mental health settings. The current series is targeted toward psychiatrists and other providers working with seriously mentally ill adults and child in underserved regions of the State. At the completion of this training, the participant will: Increase the understanding of War Trauma Develop awareness of the effects of war on military families Learn the impact of war trauma on the surrounding communities Discuss family and community interventions This training is free and available online at any time. To access the training, please visit the Duke AHEC website. Training Author: Douglas A. Waldrep, MD, FAPA COL United States Army (retired) Dr. Waldrep obtained his medical degree from the Medical University of …
By Martha Quillin martha.quillinnewsobserver.com Posted: Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 DURHAM - An apartment complex expected to open next month will almost quadruple the number of beds for veterans at risk of homelessness in this city, and housing experts say it's not nearly enough. The nonprofit Volunteers of America built the 24-unit Maple Court apartments in Durham because a disproportionate number of the Triangle's 500 or more homeless veterans live there. Bob Williamson, who runs the health care program for homeless vets at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Durham, said vets are drawn to the area because of the VA and other veterans services, and the hope of jobs. For years, however, those who couldn't find or keep jobs have ended up sleeping in shelters, parks, abandoned buildings and under bridges. The VA has long recognized homelessness as a problem among …
By PAUL CLARK Asheville Citizen-Times Posted: Nov. 15, 2008 ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Travis Robinson was headed for the streets when he heard about the Veterans Restoration Quarters. It may have saved his life, he believes. For months, he'd been having nightmares about his time in Iraq. Enemy fire and bombings were constant for the 37th Engineer Battalion as it set up support in hostile territory for soldiers coming from the rear. At home at his parents' house in Rutherford County, he'd wake up with a shotgun beside him. He was drinking, heavily. Because of it, his parents gave him a timetable for getting out of the house. He sought treatment at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, where he learned about the Veterans' Restoration Quarters, an old Super 8 motel on Tunnel Road that Asheville-Buncombe Community …