Mental Health
By Tyler Smith
About a decade ago, Lisa Brenner, PhD, helped conduct interviews at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, CO, with 103 soldiers who had returned from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. She and her colleagues wanted to understand the physical and emotional effects of the veterans’ deployments. Their responses painted a complicated picture. Read More ›
More than 20% of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are reportedly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more than 450,000 service members have been diagnosed with at least 1 traumatic brain injury over the past 20 years. Read More ›
In a first since the 1960s, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder among veterans will be the subject of a study being launched by Veterans Affairs (VA). Read More ›
On January 17, 2025, the FDA approved datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk (Datroway; Daiichi Sankyo) for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative (IHC 0, IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH-) breast cancer. Read More ›
Veterans no longer need to pay copays for their first 3 outpatient mental health care and substance use disorder visits of each calendar year through 2027, according to a press release. Read More ›
With some 70% of nurses and 30% of physicians reporting high stress in recent surveys, members of the healthcare team know a thing or two about work-related stress. Read More ›
More than $4.3 million in cooperative agreements will be awarded to states and territories to help fund and provide technical assistance to suicide mortality review committees, which aim to identify and characterize local suicide deaths to better inform veteran suicide prevention strategies, according to a prepared statement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Read More ›