{"id":24526,"date":"2025-06-18T08:24:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24526"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:24:36","slug":"va-ptsd-treatment-gives-vietnam-veteran-his-life-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24526","title":{"rendered":"VA PTSD treatment gives Vietnam Veteran his life back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air Force Veteran Dave Hanson had built a life with his wife and two daughters, but he was carrying a not-so-hidden secret: undiagnosed PTSD. The invisible wounds of his service in Vietnam\u2014where his duties included going out in night ambush teams\u2014had not healed. Although he lived in a peaceful, rural setting, with the woods just beyond his back door, Hanson was uneasy.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/140684\/va-ptsd-treatment-gives-veteran-his-life-back\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/140684\/va-ptsd-treatment-gives-veteran-his-life-back\/\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width:168px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Air Force Veteran Dave Hanson had built a life with his wife and two daughters, but he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,7],"tags":[180,87,245],"class_list":["post-24526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ptsd","category-veterans-benefits","tag-ptsd","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24527,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24526\/revisions\/24527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}