PTSD Increases Heart Attack Risks for Vietnam Vets
For many veterans, the long-term health consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder are only now coming to light. According to new research, Vietnam veterans who suffered from Post-Traumatic ...
VA Steps up PTSD Awareness Efforts
In June, the Department of Veterans Affairs increased its efforts to educate veterans about the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The month was marked as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ...
Military Experimenting with Meditation to Treat PTSD
With several hundred thousand veterans now believed to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder in the United States, the military is experimenting with new ways to help reduce the intensity of the ...
Understanding PTSD in Combat Veterans: The Impact of Amygdala Volume
Researchers have found that veterans, who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, have a much smaller volume in an area of the brain that is responsible for emotions like fear and anxiety.
Combatting PTSD and Brain Injury: Pentagon's $100 Million Investment
The Pentagon is investing more than $100 million in new efforts to fight both traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. The announcement of the new initiatives was made to coincide ...
Feds Launch New Suicide Prevention Strategy
Veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder are at a much higher risk of suicide than the general population. In fact, California veterans benefits lawyers have found that suicides are ...
Veterans Push for Medical Marijuana PTSD Treatment in Arizona
Arizona is one of the few states in the country that has a medical marijuana policy that allows the distribution and sale of medical marijuana for the treatment of certain disorders. Veterans in that ...
Researchers Experiment with Virtual Reality Simulation to Treat PTSD
The incidence of post traumatic stress disorder among veterans is likely to reach epidemic proportions as the number of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan increase. The federal ...
New Generation of Veterans Poses Unique Challenges
There is a new generation of veterans that is being welcomed in the United States, as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down, and thousands of soldiers return home. However, there are stark ...
Increasing Use of Service Dogs As Therapy for PTSD
Struggling to cope with an increasing number of veterans returning from combat with severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, the US military is experimenting with a number of alternate ...
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