11
Jan
2015
Written by Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / The Washington Post
Thousands of female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds that they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual trauma in the military. The veterans and their advocates call it “the second battle” — with a bureaucracy they say is stuck in the past.
07
Jan
2015
Written by Lisa Esposito / U.S. News & World Report
Teens congregate in the high school hallways. A bewildered student sits alone on the floor. Girls huddle in the restroom as rumors fly.
28
Dec
2014
Written by Meg Bonacorsi / KXXV-TV News Channel 25
Today’s PTSD statistics are staggering, but there is some good news to report. The Central Texas VA has not one, but three treatment programs.
20
Dec
2014
Written by Simon Rosenbaum / Medical Express
In 1954, the first director-general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Brock Chisholm, famously stated: “Without mental health there can be no true physical health.”