Comp denied for firefighter’s PTSD unaccompaniedby physical injury March 25, 2013 In Oklahoma, an injured worker whosuffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression as a result of awork incident is not entitled to benefits unless he also suffered a physicalinjury in the incident. Case name: City of Norman v. Helm,No. 110273 (Okla. Civ. App. 12/07/12)....Read More
Study Finds PTSD Diagnoses Accurate A report released Friday by the Army’s surgeongeneral found a high degree of validity in the service’s diagnoses andtreatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. March 13, 2013 A report releasedMarch 8, 2013, by the Army’s surgeon general found a high degree of validity inthe service’s diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress...Read More
February 21,2013 Suicide Prevention Information Sheet for EMS Providers provided by the IllinoisSuicide Prevention Alliance SuicidePrevention Resource Center (SPRC) has produced a new information sheet forEmergency Medical Services (EMS) providers. This sheet provides basicinformation to help EMS providers recognize and respond to people who may besuicidal or at high risk for suicide....Read More
Searchingfor Answers Following a Fellow Firefighter’s Suicide By Frank Fennell Editor’s note: In this article, part of a two-article serieson firefighter suicide, Lt. Frank Fennell shares a story he initially penned in1995, one year after losing a firefighter colleague to suicide. The other partof this series looks at behavioral health programs for fire departments,including several...Read More
What Could Have Saved MyBrother From His Mental Illness By Rachel Hollis My big brotherRyan was funny and unfailingly kind. He was one of the most talented musiciansyou might encounter, and had a prodigious ability to pick up any instrument andplay it by ear within the span of a single day. He was handsome. I...Read More
Cutting the Onion on Firefighter Depression and Suicide F.I.R.E.S. Within (Firefighter Increased RiskExposure to Suicide) by Shannon Pennington NorthAmerican Fire Fighter Veteran Network North American Firefighter Veteran Network (NAFFVN) has beenworking on outreach to our firefighterveterans since 2002 regarding depressionand suicide intervention and prevention. This is not a pretty subject to evenmention in a fire...Read More
