These factors include reports from your mental-health caregivers and results from your compensation and pension (C&P) exam, if relevant. Under the current VA rating system for PTSD, the government ...

If you have symptoms, the doctor will begin an evaluation with a complete medical history and physical exam. Although there are no lab tests to specifically diagnose PTSD, you may get tests to ...

I’m reaching out because I’m in a tough spot. A close friend rode out Hurricane Ian in Florida last year and it seems to me ...

Trauma can also greatly affect our mental health and lead to diagnoses such as social anxiety, depression, acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Here's what PTSD is ...

If you have depression, PTSD, or both, treatment can help. To figure out what’s wrong, start with your doctor. They may begin with a physical exam and rule out any other health problems.

A year ago, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine mounted its first exhibit on mental health, including displays on PTSD and suicide in the 1860s. Historians and clinicians are sifting through ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of those terms you might hear about during the testimony. It's a mental health condition that can sometimes stem from staying in abusive and traumatic ...

Firefighters and police officers qualify for paid time off to seek treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as an occupational disease under state law. House Bill 1002 would expand the ...