PTSD

A newly released report from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows that back in 2017, the agency was aware of racial disparities in how PTSD treatment benefits were awarded among veterans. The report was discovered as part of an ongoing joint investigation among NBC stations across the country, report “American Vets: Benefits, Race in Inequality.” The “PTSD Grant Rate Analysis”…

A newly released document from 2017 shows the Department of Veterans Affairs had data that showed Black veterans had the lowest rate for benefits granted related to PTSD.

Rick Marshall conquered the Pacific Crest Trail last year, and encourages other veterans to hike to address past trauma.

A Connecticut veteran is taking to the trail to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder. Rick Marshall is using hiking to transition from military to civilian life. He has done several major trips, and he wants other veterans to know just how much it has helped him cope with PTSD. “You’re going over 13,000, 12,000-foot mountain passes,” Rick Marshall, retired U.S....

When peace returns to Ukraine, many thousands of its combatants will likely return from the battlefields bearing psychological scars.

Gabrielle Union discussed the long-lasting effects of being raped as a teenager, saying that at times her anxiety “is so bad it shrinks my life.”