US veterans with disability had a lower suicide risk than their non-veteran counterparts, new data show. Specialized care provided by the Veterans Health Administration could play a role.
Writing about thoughts and feelings related to a traumatic event produced gains in PTSD scores similar to prolonged exposure therapy, without the dropout rates.
The government urged veterans across the country to apply by Wednesday to get an extra year of retroactive benefits under a new law passed last year to aid veterans sickened by gases from military toxic burn pits.