Dr. Colleen Becket-Davenport explores the complex relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eating disorders.
The latest PTSD Bytes podcast discusses how Veterans help shape VA’s mental health mobile apps.
The PAWS program helps Veterans diagnosed with PTSD in a nontraditional therapeutic approach, from combat to canines.
TeleMental Health helps Veterans overcome barriers to care with convenient, confidential options.
Dr. Colleen Becket-Davenport explores the connections between PTSD and the legal system.
Stories of growth and recovery from the climbing walls – how combining physical and psychological challenges promotes overall well-being.
June 27 is PTSD Screening Day. From screening tools to success stories, Veterans can find VA resources to navigate PTSD care.
Having PTSD can lead to a sense of isolation and hopelessness. But there is hope for Veterans.
Mandy Pifer — who lost her first responder fiance in an ISIS-related shooting in 2015 — said it best, “You have to know Posttraumatic Growth exists in order for it to happen. You have to know it’s okay for good things to happen after really bad things.”
The first National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial of its kind, published in JAMA Network Open, links the pairing of Service Dogs with military Veterans to lowered PTSD severity, diagnosis odds, and other negative mental health symptoms.
Drs. Colleen Becket-Davenport and Jennifer Schuster Wachen discuss massed treatments for PTSD
The ancient Chinese art of acupuncture is being used to treat Veterans’ PTSD at a new West Los Angeles VA clinic.
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