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Health and civil rights: an iconic family counts the costs

by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas
Apr 4, 2023
Lee Hawkins, host of an upcoming podcast from APM Studios, talks about how racism can affect victims' health outcomes.
Children of Martin Luther King Jr. with their mother Coretta Scott King in February 1964. A new APM Studios podcast delves the health toll the fight against racism took on Dr. King's family even after his assassination.
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How VA-trained psychiatrists are bringing their skills to civilians with PTSD

by Caroline Covington
Nov 28, 2018
PTSD treatment so far has focused mostly on veterans, but that's changing.
PTSD treatment so far has focused mostly on veterans, but that's changing.
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Can apps help veterans suffering from PTSD?

by Molly Wood
Nov 12, 2018
Experts, and vets themselves, say yes.
Robert Wake, an Iraq war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, talks to physical therapist Nicole Bormann before a session in the VA Medical Center August 10, 2009 in St Louis, Missouri. 
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Offering treatment, not punishment, to veterans

by Alisa Roth
Jun 3, 2015
Ex-soldiers with mental illness and addictions find help in alternative courts.
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Mind Games: Mental Health and Virtual Reality

Go inside a virtual reality simulator used for treating PTSD

by Molly Wood
Dec 6, 2013
At a VA hospital in New York, veterans are being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder inside a virtual reality simulator.
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Mind Games: Mental Health and Virtual Reality

Using virtual reality video games to treat PTSD

by Molly Wood
Dec 5, 2013
Virtual reality simulations are being used to treat soldiers with a kind of therapy that predates the technology.
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A job market for vets helping vets

by Dan Gorenstein
Dec 10, 2012
Thousands of veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan need counseling and their fellow soldiers are helping to meet the demand.
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A veteran serves his country through farming

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 9, 2012
Most of us don't think of the words "farmer" and "soldier" together. But surprisingly, farming may be a great option for soldiers returning home from war.
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Makin' Money

Do You Have Financial PTSD?

by Dr. Mark Goulston
Sep 9, 2011
You have been traumatized by a financial disaster from which you are convinced you cannot recover or come back, nor believe that you can find a job...
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