Faces of Combat
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Copies of the book that you buy for donations are half price through Idyll Arbor. Click here to order them. For any book you buy, including donated books, we will send a free copy of Faces of Combat, PTSD and TBI to a VFW Post or Vet Center. Contact Lori Barnes at Idyll Arbor with any questions about the program (360-825-7797).
Welcome to the home of Faces of Combat, PTSD and TBI a book by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Eric Newhouse, complete with content from the book including a list of resources for Veterans seeking help with PTSD & TBI.
“If many of the Faces of Combat look tormented, it’s because they came home laden with guilt and shame. Montanans recognized that for the first time after March 4, 2007, when one combat vet put a .22 against his head, muffled it with a comforter and ended his life as quietly as a book drops. He had PTSD and didn’t get the help he needed.” – Faces of Combat
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Eric Newhouse update

August 17th, 2012 - News

We have the following post from Eric Newhouse at EricNewhouse.com. I’d like to fill you in on an ambitious campaign by my publisher, Idyll Arbor, to get copies of my latest book, Faces of Combat: PTSD & TBI, into the hands of as many veterans as possible. Idyll Arbor is sending a copy of my book to every VFW state headquarters.  And it promises to…

Cilla McCain says Non-Hostile Deaths Are Overtaking Veterans

November 8th, 2011 - News

Cilla McCain:  “For nearly a decade, I’ve been researching and writing about the issue of non-hostile deaths in the military. Early on in my research, I would get upset at the information provided by our troops and their families. Their revelations painted a picture of a dysfunctional military culture that allows medical and legal malpractice, as well as violent crime, to thrive and exist…” She…

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Scanners

July 8th, 2011 - News

On July 2nd, 2011 Marine Corps Times published an article about a new advanced high-tech scanner which would provide medical professionals with detailed pictures of brain activity which could aid in the diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), which until now have been an often-invisible war wound. The magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner works by recording the electrical activity in the brain tissue. Areas of abnormal low-frequency…

Obama vs. Trudeau Week 13

May 8th, 2009 - Obama vs. Trudeau

We now have legislation in both the House and Senate that requires mental health screening for troops before and after they go into combat. U.S. Reps. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., and Mike Thompson, D-Calif., introduced legislation in the House that would require a face-to-face mental health screening for all soldiers before they are deployed on a combat mission, after their tour and every six months for…