A Teenager Survives A Tragic Car Crash, Then Uses Her Life To Help Others Avoid “Distracted” Driving. By Christine Simoes Twenty-one-year-old Bailey Wind has spent the last four years learning to live what she calls her “new normal.” She was ... | Read More
Civilian Life
The Gift of Homeopathy
By Dr. Kenneth Silvestri There are many medicines and treatments for trauma, but some believe success starts within the patient. Homeopathy is a safe example of healing. Founded by the German physician, Samuel Hahnemann in the 19th century, it ... | Read More
Books and Music Review
BOOKS THE WOUNDS WITHIN: A VETERAN, A PTSD THERAPIST, AND A NATION UNPREPARED by Mark Nickerson & Joshua Goldstein / Skyhorse Publishing / Ebook / 224 pgs / $15 A loved one returns home from Iraq and a family crusades to reform the ... | Read More
Project Semicolon
She was born on Aug. 1, 1985, and she pauses when asked about her hometown because she “never stayed any place long enough to call it home.” Finally, she settles on her birthplace of Wausau, Wisc. Amy Bleuel is 30 years old. She is a victim of a ... | Read More
Web-Healing
By Courtenay Higgins Healtheo360 allows individuals to post their personal stories about dealing with health conditions. Healtheo360 is an online community where people with chronic conditions can find encouragement and relevant health ... | Read More
Waves To Improvement
By Dr. Jeffrey Marksberry The Alpha-Stim device treats physical pain associated with trauma. Cranial electrotherapy stimulation is a noninvasive prescriptive medical treatment for anxiety, insomnia and depression. The catalyst is a smartphone ... | Read More
Project: Harmony
By Andre Carter — After Los Angeles gang members became riveted while watching her five-year old son playing Brahms on a violin, Dr. Margaret Martin was inspired to use music to transform the lives of Los Angeles’s neediest students. In 2001 she ... | Read More
Kaiser’s Study Results in an Ace
By Glen Waggoner — Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a punishing psychological condition that is most frequently diagnosed in combat military personnel and adult victims of criminal attack and automobile accidents. Recently researchers have ... | Read More