{"id":18260,"date":"2026-01-15T19:04:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=18260"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:04:58","slug":"depression-in-veterans","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/articles\/depression-in-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Depression in Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<hr class=\"section-sidebar-visible\" \/>\r\n\t\t<!--section-reviewed -->\r\n\t\t<div class=\"section-reviewed-by section-sidebar-visible\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<!--media -->\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-right -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-left media-middle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-thumbail\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/bisma-anwar-headshot-300x282.png');\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-right -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-body -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-body media-middle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"reviewed-by-title\">Medically reviewed by<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"reviewed-by-author font-bold\" style=\"display:none;\">Bisma Anwar<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"reviewed-by-author font-bold\">Bisma Anwar, MA, MSc, LMHC<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reviewed On: January 15, 2026<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-body -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>  \r\n\t\t\t<!--media -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<!--section-reviewed -->\r\n\r\n\t<hr class=\"section-sidebar-visible\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-references-Z24HKq5 align  wp-block-lazyblock-references\">\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"templates\/conditions-article.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"overview-slider":"%5B%5D","cta-title":"","cta-image":"","cta-button-text":"","cta-button-url":"","types-title":"Types of [condition]","types-short-description":"Just as symptoms of depression may be experienced differently by different people, depression itself has many variations. 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