PTSD

Senate hearing in Alabama explores new therapies to combat PTSD, veteran suicide crisis

A Montevallo field hearing will bring VA leaders, researchers and veterans together to examine emerging treatments offering hope for mental health.

Bill Britt

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August 22, 2025

Opinion

Want to honor veterans? We could start by keeping promises

We routinely break our promises to America's veterans, and there's no better example of this than our mental health care failures.

Josh Moon

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November 12, 2021

Medical Cannabis Commission preparing procedures

With the state dictating that license applications be available by September 2022, the commission has a tight deadline.

Jacob Holmes

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November 12, 2021

Alabama can learn from other states’ medical marijuana programs, expert says

Roberts is an advocate for medical marijuana with experience in Holistic Integrative Therapy, EMDR, CBT and life coaching.

Brandon Moseley

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September 15, 2021

Program treating veterans affected by COVID-19, PTSD making impact

Approximately 60 veterans are currently enrolled, and more are enrolling regularly.

Eddie Burkhalter

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December 17, 2020

Opinion

COVID-19: Living in a state of alert

We will resort to our survival mode and exhibit moods and behaviors that are very much like those of individuals who have experienced trauma such as battle or extreme loss.

Lynn Beshear

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October 28, 2020

Sean Worsley, Black disabled veteran arrested for medical marijuana, gets parole

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted Worsley parole on Wednesday.

Brandon Moseley

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October 16, 2020

Judge denies Worsley’s request to serve sentence outside prison

A judge last week denied Sean Worsley’s request to be transferred to a community corrections program instead of prison for an August 2016 arrest for marijuana possession. Worsley is facing a five-year sentence in the Alabama Department of Corrections after his probation was revoked in April. “Because the Defendant has fled this jurisdiction both times … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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September 7, 2020

DA defends imprisonment of disabled vet for marijuana charges

West Alabama District Attorney Andy Hamlin defended the court decision to revoke Sean Worsley’s probation, sending the Black disabled veteran to state prison for 60 months on felony marijuana charges. Hamlin spoke to APR in a phone interview about the case. Sean Worsley is a Black disabled veteran who was arrested on felony marijuana charges … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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July 17, 2020