An alarming issue in the veteran community is the rate of suicide as the number of suicides among past service members in the last two decades has far outpaced the numbers who died…
PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder is a disabling condition affecting many veterans of military service and others who have had highly traumatic experiences. PTSD has had a truly effective therapy in difficult cases…
PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder is an often disabling condition suffered by many veterans of military service and others who have had highly stressful experiences. This condition has not had a truly effective…
Psychedelic medicines hold a great deal of promise for the treatment of veteran PTSD and depression and for the prevention of suicide. However, any new medicine needs to be evaluated for both safety…
The most effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder ever since its recognition as a disease entity has been psychotherapy. There have been no medicines that do better in treating PTSD and none that…
A long term burden that many veterans carry is post-traumatic stress disorder. Events that occurred years before during their military service continually return and disrupt life in the present. All too often the…
Those of us of an age remember rock concerts where everyone seemed to be “high” and/or “tripping out.” LSD and other psychedelics effectively loosen nerve connections in the brain which leads to relaxation…
Veterans of military service all too often suffer depression, flashbacks, and suicidal thoughts related to events that took place years before when they served their country in uniform. Post-traumatic stress disorder can be…
Survivors of war and other traumatic events often experience a condition that we now call post-traumatic stress disorder. It was called shell shock in soldiers in World War I and concentration camp syndrome…
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition in which experiences such as near-death in military combat result in lifelong apprehension, fear, and isolation. Flashbacks to traumatic events plague veterans of combat as…