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Dealing With the Effects of Post Traumatic Stress: Have You Considered Virtual Reality Therapy to Treat PTS?

By Chris Meek| January 02nd, 2022

Healthcare Mental Health/Suicide Prevention Military/Veteran

More than 3 million Americans have served around 5.4 million deployments since the horrendous events that took place on 9/11, resulting in a considerable number of young veterans struggling with a plethora of mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress (PTS) and depression. Virtual reality therapy can be used to decrease or even eliminate symptoms of PTS.

Ensuring Rural Veterans Recieve the Mental Health Care They Need

By Chris Meek| June 02nd, 2021

Healthcare Mental Health/Suicide Prevention Military/Veteran

As both the Veterans Administration (VA) and outside medical professionals and facilities look to expand access to mental health services to reach an even greater number of veterans and subsequently lessen the high rates of suicide within the population, the VA, the healthcare industry at-large and political leadership on the federal and state levels should continue to focus on greater efforts to reach rural veterans.

With light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, an opioid epidemic re-emerges

By Dr. Chris Meek| March 13th, 2021

Healthcare Opioids

The current global health crisis has presented a complex set of intersecting challenges unlike any witnessed in the history of humankind. COVID-19 has shaken the pillars of our humanity and, in the United States, tested the boundaries of our political landscape as deep divisions about how best to mitigate the spread of the virus and provide economic relief lay in stark contrast.

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