Surviving the War but not the Homecoming
The cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan: $6.4 trillion spent, more than 7,000 service members killed, and tens of thousands more wounded.
Veterans / Active Military
US Navy Punished Suicidal Sailor Who Sought Help
Michael Gregg sounded eerily quiet on their October phone call, his mother said. On that evening, he spoke words she never expected to hear.
What is PTSD?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as
The Frontiers of Psychedelic Medicine
The following is Dr. Samoon Ahmad‘s interview with Dr. Stephen Ross regarding the mental health benefits of Psilocybin. SAMOON AHMAD To start, could
Navy Seals and Traumatic Brain Injuries
Struggling with the psychological effects of serving in four combat tours and an undiagnosed brain injury, Larkin died by suicide on a Sunday
The Greatest Unused Treatment for Opioid use Disorder
Contingency Management uses reward techniques to bolster abstinence from drug or alcohol use. A webinar by the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association called
Equine Therapy
There are several life skills that a horse can teach better than a person. Equine therapy lowers your blood pressure and heart rate,
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Opioids / Veterans / Telemedicine
Increasing numbers of Veterans are dying from heroin and synthetic opioids. There is a pressing need to find and provide care to veterans
Forbes talks Veterans & Suicide
Over the past six years alone, 45,000 Veterans and active duty service members died by suicide—more deaths than the total number of combat deaths in
Not Exactly “The Ladies Who Lunch”
Female service members play a pivotal role in U.S. military operations. Their responses to those experiences may be distinct from those of their
Sebastian Junger on PTSD
Sebastian Junger’s piece points out that even though fewer soldiers experience direct combat in war (fewer than 10%), PTSD rates among veterans is
