If you want to feel better, learn how to cope, or change, what gets you down.By Trish Russell Sitting with my 80-year-old grandmother during the holidays, sipping coffee at my mother's table, I gleaned wisdom from someone who lived through the ... | Read More
What’s in a Name?
There is a push within the military to eliminate the term “disorder” from PTSD. It sounds like a good idea. But is it?By Dr. Mark Hammel With the publication of DSM-III in 1980, Vietnam veterans finally had a diagnosis for their afflictions of ... | Read More
ART Therapy
The nonprofit Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is one of the latest treatments for traumaBy PTSDJournal Staff Therapist Laney Rosenzweig conceived ART in 2008. The therapy combines techniques from other successful psychotherapies, ... | Read More
Crisis Line Supports Military Soldiers With Trauma
Sensing the Need for Confidential Treatment, an Army Medic is Quietly and Effectively Helping his Comrades.By Craig Winston Craig Genteman, an Army medic for 11 years, was deployed multiple times to Iraq. This experience provided him the ... | Read More
Seven Things You Might Not Know If You Don’t Have PTSD
By Christian M. Benedetto Jr. If you don’t live with post-traumatic stress disorder or have never experienced panic attacks, here are some things you might not know — but I’d like you to: 1. Everything matters, no matter how small. A trigger is ... | Read More
VA Confirms: Veteran PTSD Disability Claims Tripled in Decade
According to Veterans Affairs, there has been a sharp increase in the amount of veterans receiving disability payouts due to post-traumatic stress disorder over the last ten years, Navy Times reports. The VA reported that in 2008, there were ... | Read More
App Aims to Eradicate Veteran Suicide
A new app will connect veterans with other veterans to talk through trauma, Mashable reports. Many veterans experience trauma in combat, which can lead to mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain ... | Read More
Acting in Good Faith
By David Lemont It’s 7:30 in the morning in Los Angeles and Gary Sinise is up in his home office on the phone. He’s not talking to a director or studio head about potential scripts or movie opportunities. He’s speaking with a reporter, explaining ... | Read More
Six Tips on Not Passing Your Anxiety to Your Kids
Mental health can be as hereditary as physical health, which is often a cause for concern for parents with anxiety. Huffington Post offers six tips on how anxiety-prone parents can avoid projecting anxiety-driven behaviors. Avoid ... | Read More
Joining Forces Helps Military Spouses’ Careers
Military spouses can now use their professional licenses across state lines thanks to the Joining Forces initiative spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, the Washington Examiner reports. The newest aspect of Joining Forces ... | Read More
Survey Says Mental Health Tops Veterans’ Concerns
Mental health support is at the top of many veterans’ priority list as suicide continues to be a serious issue in the veteran community, Clarksville Now reports. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) distributed a survey to 3,000 ... | Read More
Shelter Dogs Trained to Help Vets with PTSD
Rescue dogs are being trained to help veterans cope with struggles such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury, anxiety, and depression, a Yahoo News article reports. Animal trainer Clarissa Black decided to train shelter ... | Read More
MIT Study Finds Possible PTSD Prevention
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they may have found a way to prevent the formation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a Seeker article reports. This could be achieved by regulating a hormone called ghrelin, ... | Read More
10 Tips to Understand Veterans with PTSD
A blog post from More Ramblings of A Marine Wife provides ten tips on how to better understand veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The author offers tips on what to do, how to act, and how to help when you know someone suffering ... | Read More
Prince Harry Reveals He Suffers Combat Flashbacks
He projects a happy-go-lucky image. But now Prince Harry has spoken about the traumatic images of his time in combat that haunt his memory. Prince Harry has revealed that he suffers from graphic flashbacks from his days serving on the front ... | Read More
Rally! Stop the Township of Irvington, NJ From Destroying the Servicemen’s Clubhouse
Stop the Township of Irvington from destroying the Servicemen's Clubhouse / historic house - The Baldwin House - 18th Century Revolutionary War Era House for a Taco Bell! Wednesday, May 4th at 10:00 a.m. Participants will meet first at the ... | Read More