Wounded Warrior Project is expanding access to evidence-based care and investigating new treatment methods backed by clinical research. The initiative follows findings that more than three in four wounded warriors report living with post-traumatic stress disorder related to their military service.
According to organization data, it has been 25 years since a new treatment option was approved for PTSD. Dr. Alex Balbir, the director of complex case coordination for Wounded Warrior Project, stated that advancing both traditional and advanced therapies helps provide individualized and effective care.
The current approach pairs traditional gold-standard therapies, such as cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure therapy, with clinical research into innovative options like psychedelic-assisted therapies.
Results from the Warrior Care Network, a partnership between the organization and academic medical centers, show a 92% treatment completion rate. Participants also report lasting reductions in PTSD symptoms compared to traditional care models.
The network consists of four academic medical centers: Home Base at Massachusetts General Hospital, Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, The Road Home Program at Rush University Medical Center, and Operation Mend at UCLA.
Organization experts recently participated in industry panels at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting and The Hill’s Rethinking Psychedelic Treatment event to address future mental health care models. John Eaton, vice president of complex care for Wounded Warrior Project, noted that these medical partnerships provide accelerated, specialized care to address gaps where traditional treatments fail to work for many individuals.
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