“The VA has teamed up with the Defense Department and thousands of veteran volunteers on what could be breakthrough research to get at the root causes of post-traumatic stress disorder and open up paths to new methods of treatment, according to VA officials.”
“The research could provide a “source of hope for veterans living with the invisible wounds of war, and it is our job to turn that hope into treatments,” said Dr. Carolyn Clancy, the deputy undersecretary for Discovery, Education, and Affiliated Networks at the Department of Veterans Affairs…”
“Clancy and Dr. Sumitra Muralidhar, director of the VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP), said the biomarker research, coupled with the vast database provided by MVP, had the potential to transform the way the department treats PTSD…” Read the full article here.
Source: Historic Million-Veteran Study Could Lead to PTSD Research Breakthrough – By Richard Sisk, June 29, 2019. Military.com.
