Senior Lawmaker Promises to Make Veteran Mental Health Care a Priority Committee Chairman Sen. Johnny Isakson is retiring, and Sen. Jerry Moran is the Republican next in seniority.
VA Partners with Guard Organization for Suicide Prevention The program allows the VA to provide mental health resources to more than 400,000 National Guard members.
When the Stress of Combat Hits You … in a High School Classroom After serving nine years as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps, Maurice Naylon thought panic attacks were a myth.
The Unknown Legacy of Military Mental Health Programs The Army had come up against an indisputable fact: The psychological damage of war was outpacing the science to treat it.
Help Build a Military Mental Health Clinician Directory A military spouse is building a military mental health clinician directory and needs your help.
Veterans Who've Gotten Help Have the Power to Destigmatize Mental Health Care Veterans who have completed PTSD therapy can be powerful agents of change and peer mentors to fellow vets in need.
The Air Force Has Declared War on Hopelessness in the Ranks Toxic leadership appears to contribute to "hopelessness," according to the top enlisted person and chief of staff.
Mental Health Counseling, Support Services for DoD Civilians Resume -- For Now But the interagency Employee Assistance Program may end after that, according to the HHS provider service.
Post-9/11 Vets Bear More Mental, Physical Battle Scars than Prior Generations: Pew Study About half say they experienced post-traumatic stress, and half say they had trouble transitioning to civilian life.
Pentagon Suspends Mental Health Counseling Referral Services for DoD Civilians The program, which also includes referrals for health care, legal and other support services, was suspended abruptly at the...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
