Virtual Therapists Help Veterans Open Up About PTSD
When US troops return home from a tour of duty, each person finds their own way to resume their daily lives. But they also, every one, complete a written survey called the Post-Deployment Health Assessment. It’s designed to evaluate service members’ psychiatric health...
Department of Veterans Affairs to Provide New Treatment Options for Veterans Suffering from Major Depressive Disorder
Magstim, a pioneer in the study and development of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), has received a contract from the Veterans Administration to help treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Veterans who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from...
Ketamine not linked to PTSD in military trauma setting
Ketamine administration is not associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the military trauma setting, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in Anaesthesia. Georges Mion, M.D., from Cochin Hospital in France, and colleagues conducted a...
Number of small business prime contractors down by 25 percent since 2010
Federal agencies met the government-wide small business goal for the fourth straight year in fiscal 2016. Last year also saw a $9 billion increase in the total of prime contracts going to small firms. What these numbers aren’t showing, and what should really worry the...