When the System Lets You Down: Why Betrayal Matters During the Military-to-Civilian Transition

by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | May 12, 2026 | Military and Combat, Trauma Blog Topics

 Walt Sowden, Roland Hart, & George A. Bonanno May 12, 2026   For decades, researchers and clinicians alike have focused largely on combat exposure as the primary driver of posttraumatic stress in military veterans. More recently, attention has turned to...

Flexible Delivery of CPT in First Responders and Veterans: The Role of Explicit Case Formulation

by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Oct 8, 2025 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat, Trauma Blog Topics

   Reginald D.V. Nixon, David Forbes, & Tara E. Galovski October 7, 2025   Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating and multifaceted disorder often accompanied by co-occurring physical and psychiatric problems. Numerous evidence-based...

Making the Most of Treatment: Veterans Want to Improve PTSD and Their Functioning During PTSD Treatment

by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Mar 28, 2025 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat, Trauma Blog Topics

Home 9 Category: Military and Combat Stephanie Y. Wells, Marcela C. Weber, Kathleen M. Grubbs, & Emily R. Wilhite   Trauma-focused psychotherapies improve posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and are widely available in the Veterans Affairs...

Predicting long-term outcomes of Iraq War deployment – Vasterling et al.

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 9, 2023 | JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Wars may end, but the mental health ramifications of stressful war-zone exposure can endure for many years for some military personnel and veterans. Identification of risk and resilience factors that differentiate the long-term course of posttraumatic stress disorder...

A new perspective on the brain basis of PTSD in Veterans involves alterations in both fear and anxiety networks – Feola & Blackford

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 1, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common, disabling disorder that significantly impacts many combat Veterans. Research estimates that 15-23% of the soldiers returning from deployment in Afghanistan have PTSD (Fulton et al., 2015). The rate of PTSD in Veterans...

Military matters: Emerging hormone-based pharmacological treatments for comorbid PTSD and alcohol use in ‎veterans: An update on science ‎ – MacKenzie R. Peltier, PhD, Terril L. Verplaetse, PhD, Sherry McKee, PhD, and Ismene Petrakis, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 28, 2023 | Military and Combat, StressPoints

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) commonly co-occur among ‎veterans.1,2 PTSD is related to increased alcohol use3,4 and hazardous alcohol use increases following combat ‎exposure.5,6 This reciprocal relationship contributes to...