Iraq war veterans with PTSD can face a number of mental and emotional obstacles when attempting to resume a normal life on the home front. One veter...
Colorado Springs Gazette, CO | DAVE PHILIPPS | Posted 12.12.2009 | Denver
In the campaign to help soldiers find normalcy after returning from combat, Fort Carson is preparing for the toughest battle yet -- the return this sp...
Bryant Welch | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
Johnny was a Vietnam War vet and one of my first patients. There was no question his life as a "normal young American," much less his life as a robust young Marine, was over.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics
Joshua Hunter has been arrested in the killing of two servicemen near the army base at Fort Drum, N.Y. It's not known what sparked the murders, but he had returned from 15 months in Iraq.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
As with Vietnam, the problem in Afghanistan is political, not military. The United States can stay there forever if we want to -- but is it worth it?
Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living
Positive psychology may be worthwhile for corporate team building and personal growth, but does it have the mojo to counter the profound despair and disorientation that comes from the horrors of combat?
Aaron Glantz | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Recently discharged vets are joining the swelling ranks of the country's unemployed. They bring to the job hunt both special skills and training and, often, the terrible traumas and injuries of their military experiences.
Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
It's good to see public discussion about posttraumatic stress and concern for the health and welfare of our troops. But I don't think the events at Fort Hood had anything to do with posttraumatic stress.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living
Claims that mental health workers are at risk for PTSD from treating their patients add an unnecessary layer of confusion to the question of how we can best serve our veterans.
AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fix...
Bryant Welch | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
If, as a nation, we do not provide appropriate care for returning veterans, terrorism will take yet another horrible toll on America by turning our own troops against us and against themselves.
Lawrence J. Siegel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
As a child psychologist, I worked with families who were affected in the aftermath of September 11. My three decades as a mental health professional did not fully prepare me for this task.
Bryant Welch | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
If we can identify the real problem that caused the tragedy at Ford Hood we can possibly prevent such episodes in the future. Our troops have been through enough.
Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
In the aftermath of Fort Hood, too many are focusing on the religion of the alleged perpetrator, rather than on a more important issue: the lack of adequate psychosocial care for those in uniform.
AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
WASHINGTON — Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-...
ABC News | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
Rates of PTSD, which may or may not have played a role in Hasan's case, along with traumatic brain injuries, are soaring, and are a leading cause of s...
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact
While embedded with Marines during the invasion of Iraq, journalist Mercedes Gallego was cautioned that it was not safe to be alone. The reason, the servicewomen explained, was fear of being raped.
Daniel Robelo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
It's a sad day in America when, instead of being offered compassion and treatment, veterans struggling with substance abuse and PTSD as a result of their service are locked up for these conditions.
R. B. Stuart | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
The inadequacy of the VA and a majority of military doctors in theater that fail to diagnose or misdiagnose is at the crux of the soldiers diagnosed with rare, advanced cancers.
Jeremiah Workman | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
No, the alleged killer did not have combat-induced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But he did treat men and women with PTSD, and that is a major issue that hardly anyone has discussed.
David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.
Wendy Block | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
I remember him every time a street person asks for money, when a guy holds up a cardboard sign saying something like "Viet Nam vet. Will work for food," when news stories cover soldiers returned from Iraq.
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact
Veteran's Day only happens once a year, but our nation's veterans need our support year-round. We've pulled together five facts about U.S. veterans, t...
Bob Woodruff | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
This Veterans Day, after we raise the flag, we must raise awareness about wars hidden injuries, and what's required for injured service members, families and caregivers to have safe futures.
James R. Knickman | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
Our legal system must devise new ways to cope with the veterans in the criminal justice system for nonviolent offenses. The first veterans court, in Buffalo, New York, is already showing results.
Posted 12.15.2009 | Impact