The horror of combat is something many veterans live with, but a new study at UCLA is underway to see if administering mild electrical currents into the brain can reset its networks for those dealing with post-traumatic stress …
Month: November 2015
Veterans Are Pioneering Spiritual and Hallucinogenic Medial …
Regardless of one's opinion of war, most people can agree that taking care of soldiers when they come home is literally the least we can do. But soldiers are coming back with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and over 8,000 of them take their …
The VA Currently Does Not Provide Service Dogs to Veterans With …
However, as Lyle, a full-time student at Texas A&M, told TheBlaze, the VA does not provide service dogs for veterans suffering with a mental disability after returning from active duty, such as PTSD. Lyle said his main focus, …
No beds in the whole country – mental health services hit a new low …
I hadn't been working in mental health for long, and had been shocked to discover that often the local area, even if it was the capital city, would have no available inpatient beds. Patients would have to be sent out-of-area,…
Target accused of making joke out of mental illness with sweater …
A Christmas sweater sold at Target has come under fire, Time Magazine reported on Tuesday.