Source: Click here "Our mission at MensHealth.com has always been to help men build themselves into better men. Stronger men. Healthier men. Rooted in science and expert opinion, our content translates dense topics into easily digestible, actionable health advice. Piecemeal, the concepts are sound and effective. But overall health must be viewed holistically. One of the most integral components is your mind. Your mental health is inseparable from your physical health. Not a r

Source: Click here Service dogs have a long and distinguished history helping physically impaired people live more productive lives, including assisting military veterans. More recently, dogs have been found to be important players in veterans’ recovery from mental and emotional wounds. Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie is a retired Army colonel and a psychiatrist with expertise in military and veterans' issues. She retired from the Army in 2010, after holding numerous leadership p

Source: Click here Miles Teller as Army Staff Sft. Adam Schumann in "Thank You for Your Service" As Veterans Day fast approaches, a new film that examines the true-life plight of soldiers returning home from the Iraq War is about to open in theaters -- and thankfully for moviegoers and most importantly, veteran viewers, "Thank You for Your Service" was completed under the watchful eye of filmmaker Jason Hall. Hall, who was nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for ada

Source: Click here by Jason Nark Army veteran Steve Clendenning takes an early morning walk through the New Ringgold Boy Scout Camp during the River House gathering for veterans on Sunday October 8, 2017. On a Saturday in April 1948, a loner poet from Pennsylvania shouldered a rucksack and a weight no scale could measure and embarked on a journey no man had taken before. Earl Shaffer, 29, walked down a Georgia mountain and kept going, alone with the sound of his breath and th

Source: Click here Sponsored by the Warrior Bonfire Program, Jason Bailess of Vicksburg and Gabriel Vasquez of Austin, Texas set off on a trek from the Alabama state line all the way to Vicksburg in five days to bring awareness to PTSD. Therese Apel/ The Clarion-Ledger Two Marine Corps veterans, one from Vicksburg and one from Texas, are a little more than halfway through a 155-mile journey across the state on U.S. 80. Jason Bailess and Gabriel Vasquez hope, by the time they

Source: Click here PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Helping veterans and active-duty members of the military cope with a mental health problem is often difficult because many service members are reluctant to talk about it. Being in the military can trigger a variety of mental health issues like depression and anxiety. Help is available at the Veterans Administration, and now there’s a private center at Penn Medicine. The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic provides free behavioral hea

Source: Click here "In Vermont, of all the deaths by gunshot wounds in the last six years, more than a quarter were suicides by current or former members of the armed forces. Even though Veterans Affairs knows that soldiers are at greater risk of taking their own lives, it’s difficult to intervene successfully. Now, one Vermont mom who lost her son has made it her mission to end veteran suicide. Josh Pallotta, 25, was one of those Vermont veterans who took his own life. He di

Source: Click here Three years ago, Justin Miller had a six-hour phone call he says saved his life. Miller is a medically retired military veteran, previously serving two deployments in Iraq. The trauma of combat led him to develop severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury. The nightmares didn't let him sleep, and he was scared things would never get better. “I called the VA after having a particularly bad nightmare and told them I needed to see someo

Source: Click here Joseph Cress - The Sentinel Trauma is like taking a walk after stepping on broken glass. The shard digs in deeper with every footfall, making it harder to heal. “To get it out is going to be pretty uncomfortable,” Carlisle therapist Lori Moskel said. “People don’t want to go through that uncomfortable process.” She was using the metaphor to describe the avoidance behavior prevalent among many sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder. The behavior is a co

Source: Click here BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Independence Day celebration means fireworks, of course, which for some is a cautionary time. As beautiful as fireworks may be, loud explosions and smoke can trigger real anxiety for a segment of America's war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress. Civilians who have been through a traumatic event involving gunfire can feel similar effects. "It can make them very anxious, and feel on guard," said Dr. Laura Gibson, associate chi