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Nature Is Proving to Be Awesome Medicine for PTSD

By Yasmin Anwar — 2018

The awe we feel in nature can dramatically reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to UC Berkeley research that tracked psychological and physiological changes in war veterans and at-risk inner-city youth during white-water rafting trips.

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Veterans Battle Life-Changing Injuries In Charity Row

A group of military veterans who’ve suffered life changing injuries are tackling a mammoth challenge.

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Truckee foundation helps veterans by taking them to the mountains

Many military veterans return from war zones with life-altering injuries -- both physically and mentally. The path to recovery can be overwhelming. That's where Truckee-based High Fives Foundation is making a difference.

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Paralyzed Veteran Uses Fitness to Help Others

An Arkansas Soldier, who was active for his entire lifetime, suddenly hit with a life-altering injury. It struck while he was in sniper training three years ago after falling into a pond, hitting a concrete brick.

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Paratrooper Veteran Talks Life-Changing Injury // Moving Forward with a Positive Mindset

In the third episode of ‘The Vet Files,’ a Paratrooper Veteran, Luke Morrison, who lost his leg while touring in Afghanistan, talks about his goal to become the first amputee skydiving instructor in the UK and how his positive mindset has helped him to adapt to life after his injury.

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A Dog Called Hope

A decade ago, special forces warrior Jason Morgan parachuted into the Central American jungle on an antinarcotics raid. He’d served with the famous Night Stalkers on countless such missions. This one was different. Months later, he regained consciousness in a U.S.

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Run, Don’t Walk: The Curious and Courageous Life Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center

In her six years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Adele Levine rehabilitated soldiers admitted in worse and worse shape.

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War and Moral Injury: A Reader

Moral Injury has been called the "signature wound" of today's wars. It is also as old as the human record of war, as evidenced in the ancient war epics of Greece, India, and the Middle East.

Robert Emmet Meagher (Editor), Douglas A. Pryer (Editor)

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After War: The Weight of Life at Walter Reed

In After War Zoë H. Wool explores how the American soldiers most severely injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars struggle to build some kind of ordinary life while recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from grievous injuries like lost limbs and traumatic brain injury.

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