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.

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 ...

Thursday, June 27 is National Post Traumatic Stress Awareness Day. The Department of Veterans Affairs also makes it PTSD Screening Day to let veterans know treatments are available. There is no time ...

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 ...

"No other institution works on PTSD, like the VA is," said Dr. Amin Zand Vakili, one of the many mental health researchers at the Providence VA. "We have a very good understanding of what diabetes is, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun a trial of the PTSD Coach app to test whether the app is more successful with clinical support. The app is not new—it launched in April 2011. It offers a ...

Veterans who were paired with a service dog for just three months were 66% less likely to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Ret. Command Sgt. Maj. Gretchen Evans served in the United ...

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.