{"id":1702,"date":"2017-06-05T00:42:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T04:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:34:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:34:11","slug":"national-pts-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/national-pts-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National PTS Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><span>June is National Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) Awareness Month, an important time to open up the dialogue about PTS so that those living with these invisible wounds do not feel alone in their struggle. According to the National Center for PTS, approximately 15% of Post-9\/11 Veterans and 30% of Vietnam Veterans have grappled with PTS upon returning home.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><span>The House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee has worked closely with Congreswsman Gus Bilirakis to improve access to quality treatment and care for our nation\u2019s heroes. This bill, known as the COVER Act, was signed into law last year and\u00a0recognizes that one size does not fit all when it comes to mental health care for Veterans. The legislation promotes alternative therapies so that Veterans suffering with PTS and other mental health conditions have a range of options, like service dog therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and more.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><span>PTS can happen to anybody who experiences a trauma, affecting about 8 million adults across the country. National PTS Awareness Month is a poignant reminder that seeking treatment for PTS is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength and commitment to a happy, healthy life<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June is National Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) Awareness Month, an important time to open up the dialogue about PTS so that those living with these invisible wounds do not feel alone in their struggle. According to the National Center for PTS, approximately 15% of Post-9\/11 Veterans and 30% of Vietnam Veterans have grappled with PTS upon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/national-pts-awareness-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National PTS Awareness Month<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1703,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702\/revisions\/1703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}