PTSD

Under New Jersey's medical marijuana program, considered by many to be the strictest in the nation, those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are not eligible to receive cannabis. Some Garden State lawmakers are seeking to change the law.

Veterans returning home from having done, in many cases, multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan have to deal with a number of issues. Trying to readjust to civilian life, getting a job, reconnecting with family – and for a fair number, dealing with the physical and emotional scars the war has inflicted – especially the emotional toll it’s taken...

Police unions across the U.S. are pushing for officers to be able to collect workers' compensation benefits if they suffer post-traumatic stress disorder, whether they got it from the general stress of police work or from responding to a deadly shooting rampage.

Although Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has officially been ruled out as a factor, the recent Fort Hood shooting has raised new questions about the mental health of America's soldiers. Wednesday, the head of the New Jersey National Guard told the Assembly Budget Committee that the Garden State is setting the standard when it comes to helping veterans.

Question- and it’s especially pertinent on Veterans Day. Does the VA treat one disorder by creating another? In other words, when our returning veterans come home with a variety of ailments, not the least of which is Post Traumatic Stress; are doctors at the Veteran’s Administration overprescribing medications for them...

A rehabilitation counselor has testified that the survivor of an attack that left three friends dead suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder that will reduce her earning ability.

Ten months into 2012, the number of suspected suicides by active-duty soldiers has surpassed last year's total, even as the Pentagon struggles to stem the persistent problem.

The Military and Veterans Affairs Committees from both houses of the state legislature joined for a hearing Monday in Lawrenceville, concerning the current status of suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among New Jersey's veterans and active armed forces.

It’s an unpopular sentiment. But there’s an impression especially among older vets that today’s soldier doesn’t have the meddle that yesterdays’ had. The difference being that in years past, when you came back from the service damaged in any way, you wore the stigma of being “shell shot”...

Given the fact that more and more soldiers are pulling more tours of duty and suffering for it, do you think it’s time to get the hell out of Afghanistan? (Take the poll below). And on a side note, do you feel today’s soldiers are more prone to PTSD than at other times…...