3 New Attempts to Help With PTSD: PAWS, Massage and Medical Marijuana
The PAWS Act, aka, Puppies Assisting Wounded
- reduction of PTSD systems
- reducing depression
- less anxiety
- reduce feelings of isolation
- better quality of sleep
- less of a need for medication
Although the Veterans Administration provides dogs for veterans with physical disabilities it does not provide them for veterans with PTSD. One of the requirements for staying in the system is the veteran would have to see a mental health or primary health care provider quarterly at a VA medical facility.
A new Massage Therapy program is being implemented at the Crouse Hospital, the Syracuse VA Medical
Studies are being conducted with combat veteran volunteers to smoke up to two joints of marijuana a day to determine if this will help relieve systems of PTSD.
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Initially, the veterans will be watched for the first four hours after smoking to make sure that nothing adverse happens. At both the beginning and the end of the 12 week testing period there is a physical and extensive physiological assessment, this in addition to regular body monitoring and blood tests.
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