Karen Brown

Journalist

Vets Get Alternative Treatment for PTSD, But Not Always Evidence-Based

Aired on New England Public Radio July 18, 2016

The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates up to 30 percent of former service members — from the Vietnam war to Iraq and Afghanistan –have post traumatic stress disorder. They don’t all seek treatment – but among those who do, the V-A says twenty to forty percent don’t get better with the standard regimen of therapy, medication, or both. Increasingly veterans are seeking out alternative mental health care – and much of it untested.

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