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Injections Could Radically Alter PTSD For Soldiers

WUNC | By Laura Lee,
Frank Stasio
Published December 8, 2016 at 12:37 PM EST
Injections for veterans may aid in addressing PTSD.
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Injections for veterans may aid in addressing PTSD.

For many veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, treatment options are limited to medication and therapy.
But head and neck injections, a new treatment option, is being hailed as a "miracle" method. A Triangle-based organization, RTI International, received a $2 million grant from the Department of Defense to operate trials of the technique at three Army hospitals. Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina is one of the facilities using the new treatment on servicemembers as part of the trial. Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC military reporter Jay Price about new treatment for PTSD.

Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNCmilitary reporter Jay Price about the treatment and trial. The reporting is part of the American Homefront Project.

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Laura Lee
Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.
Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.