NEWSER: No Purple Hearts for Fort Hood Victims: Pentagon

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Representative John Carter says, “The DOD position paper is dead wrong to oppose this legislation.”

President Obama Calls for Interagency Support for Veterans’ Mental Health

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July showed an unprecedented number of veteran suicides, double that of the month of June. With that in mind, President Obama issued and executive order calling for interagency support for greater mental health resources for American veterans.

Trauma Recovery: The Inner War on Terror

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The U.S. loses more of its soldiers to suicide than to combat. What trauma specialists have learned from sex abuse survivors may help combat veterans heal, as well. MaleSurvivor’s Chris Anderson reports.