When you express anger toward someone, you give not just them but yourself the message that you don’t deserve the way they’re treating you. That it’s unfair. And in that moment, employing the ...

Credit: Getty Images Although it is not a formal psychiatric diagnosis, moral injury can have deep effects on the mental health of veterans. Moral injury – a distinct condition from post-traumatic ...

Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Dale Bailey served in the military for 20 years, 16 of which were spent in security forces. Unlike many familiar stories of those living with post-traumatic stress ...

I observed the joys and sorrows of military service while serving for nine months this year as a Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Navy at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, a country on the eastern horn of ...

Learn what not to say to someone with PTSD. Show empathy and support with better communication strategies to aid healing and understanding.

Editor's Note: This article is part of KSAT’s special, "50 Years After The Fall: From Saigon to San Antonio," highlighting how the war in Vietnam affected veterans in the Alamo City and South Texas.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects nearly one in three veterans who served in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom—nearly five times the rate found in the general adult population.