Prolonged Exposure therapy (PE) is a first-line treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, few VA patients receive this treatment. One of the barriers to PE receipt is that it is only available in an individual (one-on-one) format, whereas many VA mental health clinics ...
Prevalence and comorbidity of PTSD among heavy drinkers enrolled in a collaborative care trial for alcohol use disorders in VA primary careE.J., HawkinsG.T., LaphamA.K., LeeD.R., KivlahanB.D., BergerP.L., HebertA.J., SaxonK.A., Bradley...
For the same cohort, we then assessed community-level gynecologist availability; counties with < 2 gynecologists/10,000 women (per the Area Health Resource File) were “inadequate-supply” counties. We examined the proportion of women veterans with local VA gynecologist availability in counties with...
100 percent disability rating. Not so, it was denied, and I was offered a chance to bring my case before a judge at the Regional VA office in St. Petersburg, FL. This occurred following right knee surgery March 2005. My VA assigned consular advised me not to waste my time coming for ...
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“Working with this individual and leveraging prolonged exposure therapy has been a game changer for the client, whose symptoms of PTSD are now in remission,” says Shea. “This is a great example of therapy leading to improved interpersonal interactions and self-concept development so that the ...
Middle-aged and older veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reported feeling calmer, less lonely, less depressed, and less worried about their family's safety after adopting their dog [12]. Twenty out of 30 participants reported walking their dog for an average of 26 min per ...