In what seems like a broken record, the Department of Veteran Affairs (the "VA") continues to dismiss alternative therapies for treating PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder. While not entirely dismissing the efficacy of "Complimentary and Alternative Medicine" or "CAM" for treating PTSD, the VA argues that CAM does not really ...

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Veterans have known for quite some time that something was amiss at the Department of Veteran Affairs (the "VA') with their "go-to" promotion of prescription pain-killers to treat PTSD. There are countless well-documented stories of extreme behavior changes - including suicide - of "over-served" Veterans that were provided a lethal cocktail prescription drugs ...

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The tragic death of Prince appears to have been an overdose of opioids designed to relieve pain.  While we are still awaiting toxicology reports, it does appear the Prince has suffered from excruciating pain for quite some time and was taking ever-increasing amounts of pain-killers to deal with this problem. At ...

Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage our readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them. Drop me an email at info@sftt.org if you believe that ...

The search to help Veterans and active duty military personnel cope with Post Traumatic Stress ("PTS" or "PTSD") continues to attract much attention from within the scientific community and alternative medicine pundits. It seems that almost weekly some promising new cure to treat Veterans with PTSD appears on mainstream media, with the ...

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War produces many unforeseen consequences.  Not all of these "consequences" are detected - let alone understood - at the time they occur, but the long term effect can be quite unsettling to society for many years after a "war" has ended. While it has long been known that trauma occurring in ...

Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage our readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them. Drop me an email at info@sftt.org if you believe that ...

I admire the Greek classics, in particular Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.   As such, I was intrigued by a Greenwich "Continuing Education" course entitled "What the Greeks Knew About PTSD."   Also, the course was being taught by a professor I respected and, as such, was very much looking forward to become ...

Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage our readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them. Drop me an email at info@sftt.org if you believe that ...