MIKE RICHMAN
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Mike Gabler (L) with his parents, Bob and Joan Gabler. Bob Gabler served as a Green Beret in the Army Reserves.

“Survivor” champ Mike Gabler donating $1 million prize to Veteran causes

Mike Gabler is a big reader of existential philosophy, the exploration of questions related to the meaning, purpose and value of human existence. Such philosophers as Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Soren Kierkegaard are all special to him because their beliefs bolster his own life motto: “Life is short! …

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Man on a mission: Researcher Examines if Religion Can Ease Guilt, Shame in Veterans with PTSD

Dr. Harold Koenig grew up in a home with devout Catholic parents, but he wasn’t raised religious. Nor is he pious today. He’s a non-denominational Protestant who attends church mainly because of his deeply religious wife. “I probably would go fishing most of the time,” he says. “I find a lot of connection with God …

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Is active surveillance the answer? VA physician spreads the word that patience is often key following diagnosis of low-risk prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men, with one in eight being diagnosed with the disease at some point in their lives. At the same time, 90% of men who have prostate cancer will live on because the cancer remains localized and does not spread to other parts of the body. They …

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Dr. Gloria Workman, with the VA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, is leading an educational series that translates published research into informative tips for VA suicide prevention coordinators and mental health providers. (Photo by Mike Richman)

Suicide Prevention: The new VA educational series offers guidance to clinicians that they can use with patients

Heidi Linn is a psychiatric nurse at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System. In her role, she’s on what she calls the “front lines” of caring for Veterans with suicidal thoughts. She often turns to resources on suicide prevention to learn more about what she can do to help her patients. One such resource …

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