Dave Rocker: Alternative Treatments for Veteran Depression

Most mental health experts agree: we need new treatments for treating depression. Among veterans, this gap–the inadequacy of psychiatric medicine and mental health therapies in general–is particularly acute. For military service members, the trauma of combat and the return to civilian life often triggers stress, and further exacerbates existing mental health issues. Veterans are especially vulnerable to psychological dysfunction arising out of traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress (PTS), and depression. In this presentation, Dave Rocker provides three novel treatments for veterans' battling depression and/or PTSD.