Understanding PTSD Treatment Booklet
- This eight-page booklet explains in detail the various ways to treat PTSD effectively and debunks some myths about treatment.
National Center for PTSD
- This website provides information, resources, and practical advice for Veterans, their family and friends, and the public when dealing with trauma.
VA’s PTSD Program Locator
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Benefits
- VA provides world-class health care to eligible Veterans. Most Veterans qualify for cost-free health care services, although some Veterans must pay modest copays for health care or prescriptions. Explore your eligibility for health care using the Health Benefits Explorer tool and find out more about the treatment options available to you.
Vet Center
- As a combat Veteran, bring your DD214 to a local Vet Center to speak with a counselor or therapist — many of whom are Veterans themselves — for free, without an appointment or enrollment status with VA. Any Veteran who was sexually traumatized while serving in the military is eligible to receive free counseling regardless of gender or era of service.
Free Grants for Veterans
- Offers comprehensive details for veterans who are low income with bills, mortgage, rent, housing, college, and medications . These grants are only given for veterans who prove financial difficulties. Apply for multiple grants to ensure your needs are met. We offer information on : (1) grants for rent (2) housing assistance (3) help with bills (4) education grants (5) medical bills grants (6) business grants.
Free Grants for Felons
- This offers ex-felons financial help with housing, rent, jobs, college payments, debt, medical bills, medications and childcare.

RESEARCH STUDIES

Mood Network – When you join MoodNetwork as a research participant, you’ll be part of a nationwide study to fight mood disorders. You’ll work with doctors and researchers to help shape the direction of research. For perhaps the first time in the history of these illnesses, your experiences, your concerns, and your ideas will take center stage.
National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications – The National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications© is dedicated to evaluating the safety of psychiatric medications that may be taken by women during pregnancy to treat a wide range of mood, anxiety, or psychiatric disorders. The goal of this Registry is to gather information on the safety of these medications during pregnancy, as current data is limited.
National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Trials – Clinical research trials are at the heart of all medical advances.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)

TBI BOOKS

Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice, Nathan D. Zasler, MD, Editor, Douglas I Katz, MD, Editor, Ross D. Zafonte, DO, Editor, 2007, Demos Medical Publishing.
Bryant, B. (1992). In Search of Wings: A Journey Back From Traumatic Brain Injury. Wings Press, San Antonio, TX.
Denton, G. L. (2012). Brainlash: Maximize Your Recovery From Mild Brain Injury. Second Edition. Demos Medical Publishing, New York, NY.
Elvington, L.S. (2015). When God Doesn’t Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can’t Live Without. HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc. Nashville, TN.
Fahl, J. L. (2009). TBI: Shaken But Not Stirred. One Women’s Successful Struggle for Credibility and Justice while Coping with Traumatic Brain Injury. iUniverse, Bloomington, IN.
Green, B & K. Wolf. (1997). Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Therapy and Resource Manual. Singular Publishing.
Horn, L.J. & Zasler, N. (1996). Medical Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury. Hanley & Belfus, Inc: Philadelphia, PA.
Kay, T. (1999). Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Brain Injury Association of America.
Lees, K. (2021). Dying to Live, A Memoir: Choosing to Thrive After Trauma and Abuse. Open Door Publications. Willow Spring, NC.
Long, PJ (2006) Brain on a String: And Other Ways to Stay Organized When Your Mind Isn’t. Equal Librium Press, 1st Edition, Culver City, CA.
Long, PJ (2005). Gifts From A Broken Jar. Rediscovering Hope, Beauty, and Joy. Equal Librium Press, Inc., Culver City, CA.
Osborn, C. (1998). Over My Head. A Doctor’s Own Story of Head Injury From the Inside Looking Out. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, MO.
Silver, M. (2018). Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury. 3rd Edition. American Psychiatric Publishing., Inc.
Stoler, D. R., & Hill, B. A. (1998). Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Penguin Group, Inc., New York, NY.
Sullivan, C. (2008). Brain Injury Survival Kit. Demos Medical Publishing, New York, NY.
Swanson, K. (2003). I’ll Carry the Fork! Recovering a Life After Brain Injury. Rising Star Press, Scotts Valley, CA.
Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression by the Vanderbilt University Evidence-based Practice Center through funding by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
- Information about the side effects of antidepressants comes from the report Comparative Effectiveness of Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Depression. It was produced by the RTI International–University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center through funding by AHRQ.
- For a copy of either of these reports, go to: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program.
- Additional information for this guide is from Medline-Plus Web site, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
- This site is available at Medline Plus Traumatic Brain Injury
- This summary guide was prepared by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

VETERAN RESOURCES

AMVETS and Disabled American Veterans (DAV) offers information, counseling and claims service to all honorably discharged veterans and their dependents concerning disability compensation, hospitalization, rehabilitation, pension, education, employment, and other benefits.

Address: 750 N Lincoln Memorial Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-273-5288
Website: AMVETS Wisconsin – http://AMVETS Wisconsin
FREE GRANTS FOR VETERANS
- These are free grants for low income veterans to assist with bills, mortgage, rent, housing, college, and medications . Please note that grants are only given for veterans who can prove financial difficulties. Apply for multiple grants to ensure your needs are met. We offer information on the following :
  
  (1) grants for rent (2) housing assistance (3) help with bills (4) education grants (5) medical bills grants (6) business grants
Business Cost Saver for Veterans Guide
- This guide discusses the various support networks available to veterans of the American armed forces for transitioning from military to civilian life. No hero should return from active duty and struggle to make ends meet. These resources will ensure this is not the case.

Mesothelioma and Veterans
- VA Benefits for Veterans with Mesothelioma due to the military’s widespread use of asbestos between the 1930s and early 1980s. Thousands of military members were exposed to asbestos during their service, causing high rates of mesothelioma among veterans. Mesothelioma symptoms generally do not appear until 20-50 years after asbestos exposure, meaning veterans who served up until the 1980s may be at risk today. U.S. military veterans with mesothelioma may be eligible for various VA benefits, including health care and disability compensation. Contact us today.

GLOBAL RESOURCES

ABUSE

National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) OR 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)

ADDICTION & RECOVERY

DEPRESSION

SUICIDAL THOUGHTS

✔︎Call your mental health specialist

✔︎Call a Suicide Hotline Number in your area

✔︎In the U.S.: Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

✔︎To reach the Veteran’s Crisis Line: Call that same number and Press “1”

FITNESS

MENTAL HEALTH

Brave Resources

The mission of This Is My Brave, Inc. is to end the stigma surrounding mental illness by shining a light on mental health issues through artistic expression (spoken word poetry, original music and essay readings).

NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

CRISIS TEXT LINE—TEXT: BRAVE TO 741-741

Partner Mental Health Orgs & Initiatives

CNQR is a global team of dynamic peer leaders, social disrupters and change makers. We work across global sectors in innovative, diverse and positively disruptive ways to change the current landscape of mental/brain health, wellness, and suicide prevention.