What to Expect in Therapy The Defense Centers of Excellence shares tips on what to expect in therapy and why you shouldn't be scared of it.
Psychedelic Drug MDMA Faces Questions as FDA Considers Approval for PTSD Federal health regulators are set to review the first request to approve the mind-altering club drug MDMA as a treatment for...
Veterans Get 3 Mental Health Visits a Year for Free with VA's New Copay Exemption The copay exemption applies to outpatient visits for mental health care and substance use disorder, according to the VA's...
VA Says It Cut Wait Times for Primary, Mental Health Care as Veteran Enrollment Surged The shorter waits come even as the VA has enrolled more than 400,000 veterans in health care over the past year, a 30%...
VA Not Complying with Law on Suicide Prevention Training for Police Officers, Senator Alleges Sen. Jerry Moran demanded McDonough explain the department's lack of compliance with the law and provide a plan to "guarantee...
Power of Puppies: Advocates Promote Canine Care to Treat Veterans' Mental Health Conditions Labradors were brought to the D.C. headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday to raise...
Air Force Pilots Now Can Start Mental Health Treatment and Won't Immediately Be Pulled from Flight Status Prior to the policy update, which was publicized in a May 1 press release, if an airman began seeking treatment for mental...
Why Are We Silent About Military Spouse Substance Abuse? When we think about substance abuse and the military, we typically think about service members and veterans with stories that...
The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the...
The Cost of Medical Stigmas for Military Families Decades of help-discouraging behavior and outdated medical policies have fueled a pervasive stigma that impacts military...
Top Enlisted Leaders Say They Support Extending Parental Leave Period to 2 Years Two House lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require the Defense Department to standardize parental leave policies...
Trump Administration Fires Female Vice Admiral Amid Widening Purge of Military Officers Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield who began her career as a helicopter pilot and was the first woman to be president of the Naval...
Troops Booted over COVID-19 Vaccine Are Being Offered Back Pay But Not Huge Payouts The Pentagon, acting on orders from President Donald Trump, has begun to lay out the details of its plan to woo back...
Veterans, Service Members Detail Health Struggles from Toxic Exposure at Domestic Bases Leading Democrats in Congress are turning their attention to service members exposed to toxins at domestic military bases and...
Top Marine Says Service Has Finally Settled on 13-Grunt Rifle Squads The commandant said that the changes were informed by bottom-up feedback from Marines in the fleet, "empowered by our...
