"I can say that without doing that I certainly wouldn't be here … that's a story I have had from a few others," she says.

Author Debbie Samson's new book is her life story about living with complex PTSD.

The Defense Department will soon release a plan that it is calling a “paradigm shift” in how it approaches brain health in the military. The strategy moves away from the old way of addressing dangerous exposures to the brain as single, standalone incidents, and instead considers those exposures in a broad spectrum over a service member’s career.

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"52% of warriors said their mental health was worse as a result of social distancing," she said. "61% said they felt disconnected from friends, family, the community."

The trial of the killing of George Floyd is especially hard for Black Americans.

Millions have survived Covid-19 hospitalization, and, for most, the acute physical symptoms have gone away. But many continue to endure the emotional and psychological trauma that comes with having Covid-19. 

Across the country, doctors who are treating people with post-Covid neurological symptoms say the study’s findings echo what they have been seeing.

Oscar spent weeks in a coma after contracting COVID-19 and is still dealing with some of the long-term physical and psychological effects.