From VA Research Currents
PTSD and alcohol
A new VA study finds that combat experience is linked to a higher risk of alcohol use to cope with PTSD symptoms. But the connection is weaker when accounting for the severity of the PTSD.
From VA Research Currents
Telehealth for the elderly
A VA neuropsychologist has led a study on patient satisfaction with a rural telehealth clinic that serves older Veterans with cognitive aging concerns, mainly those related to Alzheimer's disease.
From VA Research Currents
Mental health
VA's Million Veteran Program, one of the world's largest databases of health and genetic information, plans to survey 50,000 new participants with mental health conditions in hopes of finding better treatments for that cohort.
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Army veteran urges California lawmakers to decriminalize psychedelic drugs
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Prosthetics/Limb Loss
Providing state-of-the-art prosthetics care for Veterans is one of VA’s top priorities. To help meet the lifestyle and medical needs of Veterans who have lost limbs, VA researchers develop and test a wide variety of prosthetic devices... Learn more
The 32-year-old U.S. Army veteran said he felt worthless and depressed when he returned from a deployment in Afghanistan, where he lost both legs and an arm after stepping on an improvised explosive device. "I just wanted to disintegrate," Martinez told The Sacramento Bee in an interview. Then, six years ago, he said he discovered psilocybin mushrooms.... 
