Agency embraces Native medicine for troubled vets

Nation & World | Agency embraces Native medicine for troubled vets | Seattle Times Newspaper

The number of clinics and programs offering Native American treatment of PTSD in the west and southwest is growing to include medicine healers as well as traditional healing practices. Such practices are the core of the Returning Warriors Retreat program.

We know from direct experience that spirit-based rituals and ceremonies are central to addressing the problems of PTSD, going well beyond "taking therapies."