The Army, along with the Department of Veterans Affairs and other military services, is standardizing the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD, otherwise known as post-traumatic stress disorder, in an attempt to increase the soldiers’ level of trust and fairness in the system. According to Lt. Col. Christopher Warner, the Army Surgeon General’s psychiatric consultant and [...]

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), a mental health advocacy group, is calling for the inclusion of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a war-related injury, deserving of the awarding of a Purple Heart. The group is urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to recognize those who are suffering from PTSD, as well as other [...]