May 28 Veteran Graduate of ‘Boots to Suits’ Program on Dealing With PTSD By Larisa Epatko When former Army infantryman Tyler Heath was deployed to Iraq, he battled militants and became inured to gruesome sights. Once returning home to Colorado, he had to recalibrate. Continue reading
May 04 Psychiatric Community Still Divided Over Idea of Changing PTSD’s Name By Dan Sagalyn With just a year to go before the American Psychiatric Association finalizes the revisions to its dictionary of mental health illness, efforts to rename post-traumatic stress disorder as an injury are ratcheting up. Continue reading
Jan 02 Health Experts Question Army Report on Psychological Training Mental health experts say a U.S. Army report on training aimed at enhancing soldiers' psychological resilience is flawed. Continue reading
Dec 23 Army’s Mental Resilience Program: Your Questions Answered Viewers submitted many questions about our report on the largest psychological program in the Army's history. Col. Marsha Lilly of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Public Affairs Office and critic Bryant Welch, a psychotherapist, answer some below. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Army Program Aims to Build Troops’ Mental Resilience to Stress Army Program Designed to Alleviate PTSD for Troops Returning From Combat… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch The Army’s New Boot Camp: Building Mental Toughness The Army's new Comprehensive Soldier Fitness seeks to build psychological resilience. Continue watching
Dec 06 Possible Compromise on Labeling of Combat-Related PTSD Some Army officers and mental health advocates have been calling for a change in the "PTSD" moniker on the basis that calling it a "disorder" is stigmatizing soldiers and preventing them from getting the help they need. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Young Veterans Come of Age During Wartime For more on this story, go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Nov 04 Army General Calls for Changing Name of PTSD By Dan Sagalyn Some members of the Army hope that renaming Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, as an injury will encourage more soldiers to seek help. Continue reading