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Guns are used in the vast majority of Veteran suicides. To save Veterans’ lives, we must conquer the uneasiness of talking about guns.

Army Veteran James Sapp overcame chronic pain and addiction. Now, as a social worker, he helps other Veterans do the same.

Before recovery, Veteran surrounded himself with people who enabled his opioid addiction. “If you hang out in a barbershop, you are going to get a haircut.”

Drug overdoses claim more than 96,000 lives every year in America. The Washington DC VA staff is available to help those in need.

Navy Veteran Tammy D'Alesandro shares her life-changing experience participating in VA’s Whole Health program. “This program saved my life.”

With precision medicine, disease prevention and treatment are tailored to an individual’s clinical, lifestyle and genetic information.

Precision medicine is an approach which aims to tailor disease prevention and treatment by taking into account differences in an individual’s clinical, lifestyle, genetic, and biomarker information. Within mental health care, precision medicine is in its infancy.

His mechanic job in Vietnam took its toll on his back. He used morphine until VA suggested acupuncture. Today, he feels like a new man.

VA has many ways to help you recover from alcohol disorders. Learn about the VA treatments, including support groups and specialized therapy.

Experts believe the precipitous rise was driven by abuse of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left many drug users feeling isolated and unable to get treatment or other support. Fentanyl is believed to be much more potent than heroin and morphine.

Learn more about naloxone and how it can save a Veteran’s life. It’s available for free from VA for those patients who need it.

VA team responsible for distributing naloxone kits at Chillicothe VA identified a plan to best meet the needs of rural Ohio Veterans.