By Natalie Fertig — 2021
The VA continues to deny cannabis recommendations to veterans in 36 states that allow medical marijuana.
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This episode features Edward Tick, Soldier's Heart, discuss Dr. Tick's PTSD treatment model based on research of worldwide spirituality, mythology, traditional cultures and the warrior archetype.
Between 11-20% of service members who returned from Afghanistan and Iraq suffer from post-traumatic stress, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Horticultural Therapy is ideally suited to engage veterans alienated from traditional civilian healthcare routes who present with a range of complex and challenging healthcare needs. It presents, on the surface, as a deceptively simple and accessible activity.
One hundred years on from the end of the first world war, a group of veterans in Dorset are torn between their pride in their military careers and their anger over the lack of psychological support provided to them by the Ministry of Defence.
Post-traumatic stress disorder haunts America today, its reach extending far beyond the armed forces to touch the lives of millions of us. In The Evil Hours, David J.
Meditation can reduce the effects of PTSD allowing peace into a veteran’s life. See how meditation is changing the lives of America’s veterans. When Erik Younger returned from combat, he thought he knew what the enemy looked like.
War and PTSD are on the public’s mind as news stories regularly describe insurgency attacks in Iraq and paint grim portraits of the lives of returning soldiers afflicted with PTSD.
Walking Toward Peace shares the intimate stories of veterans who, post-deployment, have wrestled with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Since 1990, U.S. Veterans’ centers have treated more than 1.6 million PTSD-affected men and women, including an estimated 100,000 from the Gulf War and an untallied total from the Iraq and Afghanistan fronts. The number also includes World War II veterans, because PTSD does not fade easily.