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Dr. Tom Berger
Fr. Phil Salois (Vice Chair)
Bob Corsa
Dan Stenvold
Dee Hagge
Dr. Ed Ryan
Jim Shott
Marsha Four
Sandy Miller
Liz Cannon
Pat Bessigano
Randy Bane
Tony Catapano
Wayne Reynolds

Special Advisors to the Committee

Nancy Switzer
Mary Miller
Kathleen Aylward
Suzanne Blohm-Weber
Kathy Andras
Diane Nicholson
Felicea Catapano
Dr. Paul Harrigan
Dr. Joseph Boscarino

Members In Memoriam

Steve Mason
Linda Van Devanter
Randy Barnes

Staff Liaison

Mokie Pratt-Porter

In The News

7/6/2006

VVA Legislative Testimony Before the Subcommittee on PTSD of the Committee on Gulf War & Health: Physiologic, Psychologic,
And Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress Institute of Medicine Of the
National Academy of Sciences Regarding
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Diagnosis, treatment, and Compensation

Read the latest on the IOM sub- committees No Across-the-Board Review of PTSD Cases Vietnam Veterans of America Says VA Review Will Penalize PTSD Veterans

VVA's Self-Help
Guide on PTSDPTSD Does Not Mean You're Crazy! Get the brochure in PDF format.

Study Results The results of a study entitled "Spirituality and PTSD in Vietnam Combat Veterans" can be found by clicking on the name of the study.

Special Report “Never Shall One Generation of Veterans Abandon Another…”   Steve Robinson, Executive Director of the National Gulf War Resource Center*, has just released an excellent report on mental health and the military in Iraq.  The report includes a great deal of information that has not received very much press coverage to date.  Go to the report - Hidden Toll of the Iraq War: Mental Health and the Military