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WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION RESOLVES TO SUPPORT IMPROVED, EVIDENCE-BASED PTSD RELIEF

6/11/2016

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On June 11, 2016, the West Virginia State Convention of Democrats, Charleston, West Virginia, resolved to find and support implementation of improved PTSD relief programs.

Here is the text of the resolution:

Resolution to provide improved posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) relief for West Virginians

2016 West Virginia State Democratic Convention,

Whereas 22 US Soldiers commit suicide each day from posttraumatic stress disorder,

Whereas 10-20% of all soldiers returning from service have PTSD, many times that of those who take their own lives,

Whereas West Virginia Veterans, first responders, and all who have experienced highly traumatic events and now have PTSD are at risk of chronic and debilitating symptoms of PTSD,

Whereas, Journal of American Medical Association has established that the two most widely used psychotherapy approaches free only 1/3 of the veterans with PTSD from this disorder,

Whereas psychopharmaceuticals are less effective than psychotherapy,


Now we, the Democratic Party of West Virginia,  resolve to support efforts to discover and employ the most effective, most rapid, and most cost-effective evidence-based approaches  to reduce this epidemic of stress and trauma.

Click here for link to Resolutions page of 2016 Convention of West Virginia Democrats

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African PTSD Relief is a project of  PTSD Relief Now, a 
501(c)(3) non-profit charitable corporation. African PTSD Relief collaborates with the David Lynch Foundation (DLF), a 501(c)(3). DLF directs all donations restricted to African PTSD Relief to PTSD Relief Now projects in and for Africa.

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