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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.

The nonprofit Wounded Warrior Project says every step you take and dollar you raise will help empower wounded warriors as they take on their next mission.

As more sports medicine research evolves, the underlying message continues to show that women are more prone to concussions compared to men.

Three years after a devastating wildfire, a California community faces another crisis: PTSD. Is what’s happening there a warning to the rest of us?

Women's symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may vary with their menstrual cycle, which could have implications for diagnosis and treatment, researchers say.

“Service Never Stops” is the message conveyed by a new advertising campaign launched by the Ad Council — a non-profit organization that merges creativity and social causes — and Brady, a foundation whose mission is to unite the American people against gun violence.