Some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are more strongly associated with drinking problems in U.S. National Guard ...

A University of Idaho lab received $1.3 million from the Department of Defense to study early detection methods for post-traumatic stress disorder and military family stressors using machine learning ...

Both military personnel and veterans can be affected by PTSD. However, the exact prevalence of PTSD among these two groups is unknown. This not only makes it hard to know how many people actually have ...

—A recent study investigating factors affecting VA service connection denial for PTSD claims related to military sexual trauma found that citing sexual harassment were more likely to be denied than ...

Some patients received what’s known as behavioral activation therapy, which allows them to engage in activities that they find meaningful and rewarding. These patients (n=47) were compared to an equal ...

With more than one in 10 Americans facing an increased risk of stroke, heart attack and high blood pressure because of untreated sleep apnea, a new University of Maryland School of Medicine study ...

A federal judge has struck a blow against a Pentagon policy regarding how military boards evaluate mental health claims, ...

Higher dropout was seen for treatments with weekly formats of cognitive processing therapy (CPT; 40.1%), prolonged exposure therapy (PE; 34.7%), and virtual reality exposure therapy (37.2%). HealthDay ...

Since 2001, more United States troops have died from suicide than have been killed in Afghanistan. The Army estimates that up to 20 percent of those deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan -- half a million ...

Each year on Veterans’ Day, we honor the men and women who protect our country by serving in the military. Their courage and integrity are an inspiration every day, but on November 11 we pay special ...

Women are drawing attention to post traumatic stress disorder online. Oct. 10, 2012 — -- Military wives across the country are stripping down for their soldier husbands to draw attention to what ...