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There are treatments available for both TBIs and PTSD, and some involve adding wellness design features to the vet’s home to help manage the physical and psychological challenges. These make it safer, more functional and comfortable to use during and after recovery.

The bipartisan ‘Save Our Servicemembers Act’ came as a response to a report that revealed suicide increased in 2020 among military officials.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough says he feels personal urgency to speed up efforts to help veterans suffering from toxic exposure injuries.

Psychedelics have come a long way since their hallucinogenic hippy heyday. Research shows that they could alleviate PTSD, depression and addiction.

Post traumatic stress disorder, addiction, depression and poverty are all severe effects that our nation’s veterans deal with. But now, a unique program between Loyola Marymount University, US Vets and the Los Angeles County Department of mental health is bringing LA’s military members from combat into the classroom.

Trauma "doesn’t leave you," said Rufus Tony Spann, a licensed professional counselor. "So a lot of times we may say PTSD thinking that it’s post-trauma, but for many people, it could be continuous trauma," he said.

The Ad Council and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are working together on a national public service announcement campaign encouraging veterans to get support before their in crisis.

People who flee wildfires can experience significant trauma in the aftermath of the experience, and can be affected by unprocessed trauma at any time, even by the most subtle triggers.

“During that second deployment, my best friend tried to commit suicide,” said Brad Ocilka, an Army veteran whose own personal journey brought him to the doorstep of what the VA data suggests.

People who sustain a concussion can develop an unusual hearing problem. Their ears work fine, but their brain struggles to process sounds.

Now wounded veterans can receive treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) simultaneously with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at Wounded Warrior Project's academic medical center partners: Emory Healthcare Veterans Program; Road Home Program at Rush University Medical Center; UCLA Health's Operation Mend; and Home Base, a Boston Red Sox and Massachusetts General Hospital Program.

"The neurobiologics of trauma are ever present after assault, really of any kind, but specifically sexual assault is so emotional, mental, physical, spiritual. It impacts every aspect of your life,” said Lindsey LeBlanc, Sexual Assault Resource Center Executive Director.