PTSD

In the series "Breaking the Cycle," KCBX’s Amanda Wernik tackles how PTSD and homelessness can create a reinforcing cycle. This final episode explores how a local organization is helping unhoused people in San Luis Obispo County break the cycle.

In the second part of her series, "Breaking the Cycle," KCBX’s Amanda Wernik explores how complex PTSD, or C-PTSD, and homelessness can create a reinforcing cycle that makes it harder for people to get help.

In the first part of her series "Breaking the Cycle," KCBX's Amanda Wernik explains what the mental disorder PTSD is and how it can lead to a cycle of homelessness.

Brandon Demchak enlisted in the U.S. Army at 21 and was deployed twice before being honorably discharged in 2015. Demchak returned home, like many…

When the effects of combat and trauma come home with them, many veterans find themselves struggling with the physical, mental and emotional fall out.…

In order to bring greater awareness to the issue of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the United States Senate designated June 27th as National PTSD…

A group of prisoners at the California Men's Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo County are working to train former shelter dogs so that the animals can one…

Nationwide there are more than 2.3 million American veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In San Luis Obispo County alone, ACTION estimates veterans…