May 4, 2019

A new take on mental health – Post traumatic growth

May is Mental Health Awareness month, which provides us with an excellent opportunity to talk about a much-discussed, and often misunderstood, subject that affects all of […]
March 19, 2019

The loss of brothers to Veteran suicide inspires VA employee to raise awareness through film

Carolyn Colley, an associate counsel at VA’s Board of Veterans’ Appeals, recently produced the short film With or Without Me to raise awareness of Veteran suicide […]
March 1, 2019

John Mayer launches foundation focused on veterans

John Mayer is launching a foundation focused on improving the health of veterans through scientific research. The Grammy-winning singer on Friday announced The Heart and Armor […]
January 24, 2019

Veterans are more likely to have trouble sleeping – here’s the fix

You quit coffee, tea and chocolate! You put up black out curtains and got rid of all the screens in your bedroom. You even tried counting […]
January 18, 2019

Vietnam veterans fear loss of PTSD group therapy program

The Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center said it is moving toward a more evidence-based approach to treating post-traumatic stress disorder.
January 4, 2019

“All veterans have PTSD” and other myths – debunked

Student veterans participate in a Warrior-Scholar Project academic bootcamp training at the University of Pennsylvania. (Scott Spitzer/University of Pennsylvania Office of University Communications)
December 24, 2018

Program to help Intel Corp. veterans deal with PTSD spreads to other employees

Weber has the HeartMath program on her laptop to monitor heart rate variability, or “where a person is at in their level of coherence,” she said.
December 18, 2018

When measuring resilience, the type of trauma suffered matters

“But I work with women veterans every day, and I suspected this wasn’t the … suddenly men were no longer scoring as more resilient than women.
December 14, 2018

Helping Veterans Cope with PTSD during holidays

The winter holiday season is regarded by many as a wonderful time of the year. However, the holidays can be a painful reminder of past times […]