OEF/OIF Mental Health Care Resources

PTSD and Depression

Anyone who has gone through an event such as combat can develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Depression can also result from stress and from the losses you may have experienced during or after your deployment.

The following resources will provide you with more information on PTSD and Depression:

• What is PTSD?
• Treatment of PTSD  
• Depression and Trauma
• Depression*
• What Military Families Should Know about Depression*

*Links will take you outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs web site. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked websites.