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Young people and those with trauma, such as veterans, are especially vulnerable to the difficulty of stopping cannabis use for sleep.
Many veterans struggle with addiction, mental health conditions and homelessness after military service. Veterans Treatment Courts aim to help – but they need stable funding to do so.
While most Australians agree Anzac Day is an important national occasion, far fewer actually engage in related activities.
After the First World War, two war amputees raised the profile of disabled veterans and challenged ableism as they trekked 2,000 kilometres from Calgary to Thunder Bay.
A massive rewilding project in Ukraine is proving helpful for the wellbeing of veterans as well as helping large natural areas recover.
On Veterans Day, a look at how the Trump administration views diversity as a symptom of ‘woke’ culture rather than as a long-standing practice driven by the nature of the all-volunteer force.
The public’s frustration with ‘politics as usual’ has led more political newcomers to win office. But amateurs are more likely to view bipartisanship as a concession, not a tool for advancing policy.
Many RSL branches feel frozen in time: beers, bingo and military banter. Which is why many women veterans don’t feel welcome.
An upcoming protest in Washington on June 6 isn’t the first time veterans have protested their treatment by the US government. Veterans have been mobilizing and agitating at home since the Civil War.
From the first world war to the invasion of Iraq, left-wing soldiers have questioned our involvement in wars. Yet we rarely hear these dissenting veteran’s voices.
The government’s plan to expand the definition of the term ‘veteran’ will add about 100,000 service people in an effort to provide better recognition.
Former service members already face stark challenges as they integrate back into civilian life. Cuts to veterans’ services will make that only worse.
The Brereton Inquiry recommended reassessing the Australian Defence Force’s ethics training approach. Four years later it’s improved a bit, but could be much better.
Women veterans report feeling excluded from veteran support services and communities, their service questioned or diminished. This can trigger or worsen existing mental health conditions.
Statistics show that veterans die by suicide from firearms – a particularly lethal means of suicide – at a higher rate than in the general population.
In 1935, a hurricane devastated the Florida Keys, killing over 400 people, many of them World War I veterans. Ernest Hemingway joined the relief efforts – and became enraged at government inaction.
After years of hearings and almost 6,000 submissions, the final report has been tabled in parliament. It contains 122 recommendations for change in the Australian Defence Force.
Many veterans keep quiet who should not. A new study is trying to work out why.
A trauma-informed approach could be life-changing for a wide range of vulnerable claimants – not just veterans.
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Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Professor, Director, Open Door: Improving the Wellbeing of Veterans, Public Safety Personnel and their Families, Flinders University
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Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Montague Burton Chair in International Relations, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Sociology, UNSW
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Military analyst, Griffith University
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Research Fellow and Historian of War and Conflict, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of English, Virginia Tech
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George Dock Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Salford
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Assistant Professor, Rutgers University - Newark
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Research Associate, The University of Texas at Austin
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Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Biomechanics, Kennesaw State University
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Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University