For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries resulting from head trauma ...

The first NIH-funded clinical trial on service dogs and their impact on PTSD in military veterans found strong results. The lead study author and a Marine veteran discussed it.

A groundbreaking clinical trial launched October 16, 2023, will explore the promise of new drug treatments for military personnel and veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

"Having PTSD means someone suffered trauma and is experiencing a natural reaction to it. There shouldn't be any stigma involved in that." PTSD Doesn't Mean You're Weak, or a Monster | Military.com ...

Promising new treatment for PTSD revealed — how it can help veterans By . Adriana Diaz. Published March 6, 2024, 6:53 p.m. ET.

It uses historical data on PTSD prevalence among military personnel and veterans from the DOD, the Institute of Medicine, the VA and other sources, from 2000 to 2014.

PTSD is more common among veterans than civilians, the VA says, affecting as many as 29% of Iraq war veterans over their lifetimes. Symptoms include nightmares, flashbacks, numbness or the feeling ...

Meanwhile, Black veterans had 1.39 times higher odds of denial of their claims of PTSD from sexual trauma than white veterans, 32.4% for the former and 25.3% for the latter, researchers found.

'Believe the patient' The study followed 30 male special forces veterans from November 2021 to November 2022. All had a history of traumatic brain injury and had been exposed to repeated blasts ...

Roughly 7% of all US service veterans have PTSD, with symptoms such as severe anxiety, sleep disturbances and agoraphobia. For some struggling vets, a service dog proves invaluable.