By Katie Beecher — 2021
Warrior Canine Connection’s service-dog-training program helps veterans cope with post-deployment challenges.
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You not calling, as a friend, can actually compound the grief and loss they are feeling. Just pick up the phone, even if you get it wrong, just have a conversation and do your best. Your friend with cancer is still the same person they were before.
Traumatic experiences don’t always have to result in long-term negative consequences. Research proves that exponential growth can actually result from traumatic events instead.
A short article and podcast about how specially trained dogs can help veterans with traumatic stress, brain injury and PTSD.
Veterans are molded by military culture—a unique set of values, traditions, language and humor, with unique subcultures. It has enough consistency across different branches, ranks and time periods to make most veterans feel a kinship.
When reaching out to veterans in need, don’t let your good intentions be sidelined by one of these common mistakes.
A former VA therapist says productivity pressure on counselors who treat veterans for mental health issues like PTSD is hurting the quality of care.
The iconic scene when George C. Scott slaps the soldier with PTSD in Patton and calls him a “yellow-bellied coward” mirrors the historic and continued ambivalence of the military toward the psychological wounds of war.
PTSD is not something to be ashamed of. The best thing you can do for yourself is to take control and get help.
Although there are a number of treatment options for PTSD, and patient response to treatment varies, some treatments have been shown to have more benefit in general.
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An experimental treatment seems poised to address a dire mental health crisis.