Depression is a serious health condition affecting millions of people. In fact, clinical depression can lead to anxiety, insomnia, eating disorders and suicidal tendencies. Fortunately, there is some valuable information you can use to soothe your depression. If you would like to learn more about the options available to you, please keep reading. If you…
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PTSD Awareness Month
What is PTSD? PTSD Awareness Month – PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, or sexual assault. It’s normal to have upsetting memories, feel on edge, or have trouble sleeping after this type of…
Power of the Brain
Harnessing the Power of the Brain by Glenn Patton Best practice for assessment and treatment of gait and balance after stroke. 2011 – What would you do if you couldn’t walk? To learn about the best practices for gait and balance recovery, it is helpful to imagine one morning you step out of the house,…
EMDR for PTSD
Practice guidelines have identified the treatments that have the most evidence for treating PTSD. The best treatments include different talk therapies (or psychotherapy) and medications. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is one of these treatments. What Type of Treatment Is This? EMDR is a psychotherapy for PTSD. EMDR can help you process upsetting memories,…
VA Compensation And Claims
VA Compensation – This document provides a quick, step-by-step overview of the VA claim process and the VA claim exam. Mental Health Exam Factsheet As a Veteran who may be planning to file or has recently filed a VA compensation or pension claim, we know that you may have questions about the claim process and…
Stress
Stress is one of the most overlooked and under-appreciated problems in modern life. In this article, we’ll be interchanging the word “stress” with “tension”, “stiffness”, and “tautness”. Tension can lead to an extreme headache. Tension headache is the most common type of a headache. This type of a headache can cause mild or moderate pain…
VA Special Adaptive Housing and How To Apply
VA Special Adaptive Housing and How To Apply VA gives gifts to Service members and Veterans with certain perpetual and aggregate administration associated inabilities to buy or develop an adjusted home, or change a current home to oblige an incapacity. Two award programs exist the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) stipend and the Special Housing Adaptation…
How to Rewire Your Brain to Fight PTSD and Trauma
PTSD Symptoms – Rewire Your Brain to Fight PTSD Symptoms and Trauma PTSD symptoms and trauma according to the VA Web site is a mental health problem that can occur after someone goes through a traumatic event like war, assault, an accident or disaster. After a trauma or life-threatening event, it is common to have…
Social Anxiety Disorder
EMDR and Anxiety Disorder Social anxiety disorder, otherwise know as SAD, also known as social phobia, is the most common anxiety disorder among other types of anxiety disorder. It is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, with 12% of Americans having experienced it in their lifetime. It is known and labeled by intense…
VA – Education and Training of Veterans
After going through the emdr-PTSD treatment, Veteran Affairs can, and will help you cover the cost of furthering your education and skills through benefit programs. They may pay your tuition, housing, training, and other costs if you qualify. The terms and condition for the qualification of your benefits can be found at the official VA benefits Web…