A new program through the Department of Veterans Affairs aims to connect service dogs in training with veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder.

7NEWS Reporter Victoria Sanchez spoke with Dr. Lauren Grawert, psychiatrist with Kaiser Permanente, about the best approach friends and family can take to help loved one navigate the difficult time.

Guy Pilote, a stroke survivor, has trekked more than 1,500 miles of the Appalachian Trail solo

As women’s soccer, rugby and other sports gain in popularity a growing body of evidence suggests that female athletes are at a greater risk of traumatic brain injury than men - what's more they tend to fare worse after a concussion and take longer to recover.

“We’re already short on nurses and now several of my colleagues are really seriously thinking about retiring early, finding another area of nursing, or finding a new career altogether. I feel like we're having some PTSD. We're having depression, anxiety, restlessness.”

“I’m seeing a lot of our younger veterans who are in their 30s and 40s, who have recently been in Iraq and Afghanistan coming in with very strong feelings in many directions about the withdrawal of troops. And I think it’s affecting them greatly in many different ways. And in many subtle ways that I don’t think people would have expected,” said Dr. Lauren Grawert, a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Falls Church.

Suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among veterans declined significantly in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for those under age 65, a study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry found.

An “important molecule of interest” is a bridge between two competing ideas.

"We both believe -- without question -- that your service was meaningful, powerful, and important," Gen. David Berger and Sgt. Major Troy Black wrote in their letter.

Military nurses in WWII experienced PTSD that was left untreated — and often denied altogether — driving many from the profession. Can we do better for today’s nurses?