Thursday, June 27 is National Post Traumatic Stress Awareness Day. The Department of Veterans Affairs also makes it PTSD Screening Day to let veterans know treatments are available. There is no time ...

According to a posting on ClinicalTrials.gov, the US Department of Veterans Affairs is embarking on a new clinical trial of its PTSD Coach app, to test whether the app is more effective with clinician ...

The first day aboard his Navy hospital ship during the Vietnam War, then 19-year-old David Lyons was told to take items from a trough wrapped in butcher paper and throw them into the incinerator. “I ...

The Montana Department of Veteran Affairs is urging the public to consider veterans with PTSD prior to using fireworks. “The Fourth of July can be a difficult time for our nation’s heroes because the ...

For far too many American veterans, serving our country is followed by serving time. Combat-related trauma and other “invisible injuries” complicate the difficult transition from military to civilian ...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is funding a psychedelic-assisted therapy study for veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder. Researchers from Yale University and Brown University will ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Rural Health is collaborating with the VA’s Quality Enhancement Research Initiative to increase access to mental healthcare for rural veterans via ...

Service dogs can alleviate some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans, according to a study our team published in June 2024 in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. Building off our ...

A drug prescribed to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder nightmares has been recalled for high traces of a chemical that could be cancerous. Food and Drug Administration recalled ...

Survey reveals major gaps in PTSD support for Israeli combat veterans and their families: most receive no treatment, many unaware of their rights, and children are also affected. At a session of ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun a trial of the PTSD Coach app to test whether the app is more successful with clinical support. The app is not new—it launched in April 2011. It offers a ...