The day Harvard-educated professor Dr. Amy Bishop pulled a gun out of her purse and shot her colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, she aimed first at the person on her left. Dr.

Vietnam veterans fought a second war at home to get recognition and treatment. That fight created the modern VA mental health system.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is funding a psychedelic-assisted therapy study for veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder. Researchers from Yale University and Brown University will ...

For many who serve in our military, trauma experienced during deployment doesn’t end when they return home. Post-traumatic stress disorder is disturbingly common among veterans, particularly those who ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs will launch its first clinical study since the 1960s into the effectiveness of psychedelic drugs as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, the ...

When you hear the phrase “wounds of war,” you might think of physical ones, such as third-degree burns, the loss of a limb or broken bones. However, many of those who selflessly served our country ...

An Army veteran with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder spent three years trying different treatments offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Medications helped some. Traditional ...

After a traumatic event, most people feel shock, anger, nervousness, fear, and even guilt. Although these feelings may be intense for a while, they usually lessen with time and eventually go away.