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Psychedelic therapy data ‘speaks for itself,’ VA official says
The VA’s top health official said the agency is prepared to spend “at least in the millions” on clinical trials of psychedelic therapies for PTSD.
By Zamone Perez
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Military families may get better access to mental health care
Families could see lower costs for mental health care as well as expanded counseling services.
By Karen Jowers
Here’s how a popular form of entertainment is helping veterans deal with pain
The virtual reality experience has helped relieve pain — both physical and mental.
By Natalie Gross
Swim skills required to see this new veterans memorial
Opening in Florida this summer, Circle of Heroes has the potential to draw scuba divers from all over the world.
By Natalie Gross
An IED took both his legs — but that won’t stop this vet from driving 18-wheelers
Erin Schaefer, an Army veteran and double amputee, is close to achieving his long-time dream of becoming a professional truck driver.
By Joshua Axelrod
Wounded horses, veterans work together to heal
Cody Miller often forgot to breathe. A hundred firefights in Afghanistan will do that.
By Mike Kilen, Des Moines (Iowa) Register via the AP
Not your daddy’s boot camp — why Great Lakes got tougher
Over the past 14 months, Navy leaders have made recruit training tougher. Senior leaders told Navy Times that they’ve revamped more than 60 percent of the eight-week curriculum to return the enlisted rite of passage to the gritty fundamentals of physical fitness, standing watch and waging war at sea.
By Mark D. Faram
Lawmakers grill VA over GI Bill ‘debacle'
Nearly four months after the Veterans Affairs Department was supposed to have changed the way it calculates Post-9/11 GI Bill housing stipends, students are still getting the wrong amount each month ― and there’s still no end in sight.
By Natalie Gross
Meditation helps vets with post-traumatic stress disorder
Meditation worked as well as traditional therapy for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder in a small experiment sponsored by the Department of Defense.
This PTSD program is getting a $160 million boost
Bill Geiger tried everything to get help for his PTSD and the panic attacks, anxiety and anger issues that came with it — civilian doctors, Veterans Affairs hospitals, “you name it,” he said in a recent interview. Then he tried a new PTSD therapy program through the Wounded Warrior Project and was amazed by the results.
By Natalie Gross