Nov 15 Watch 4:54 Female vets who disabled bombs find a path to healing: ‘Not everything in life is going to hurt you’ How do former service members cope with one of the most stressful jobs in the military? Judy, Ty and Jamie, three female veterans who served in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, offer their Brief but Spectacular takes on post-traumatic growth… Continue watching
Nov 11 From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma By MaryCatherine McDonald, Marisa Brandt, Robyn Bluhm, The Conversation We now know that what these combat veterans were facing was likely what today we call post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. We are now better able to recognize it, and treatments have certainly advanced, but we still don’t have a… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 7:58 New generation faces mental ‘wounds of war’ President Trump awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on Wednesday to Sgt. Maj. John Canley, who saved fellow Marines in Vietnam. Meanwhile, another veteran made headlines recently by admitting that he needed saving. Kansas City mayoral candidate Jason Kander dropped… Continue watching
May 28 This Memorial Day, women veterans tell their stories through poetry By Jennifer Hijazi Two female veterans share their work with Warrior Writers, a nonprofit that fosters healing through artistic expression and storytelling. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 4:15 Vets walk 2,700 miles to call attention to post-war trauma By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman After returning from the Iraq War, veteran Tom Voss struggled with PTSD and “moral injury,” the grief of doing something that goes against one’s beliefs. The film “Almost Sunrise” documents Voss’s attempt to call attention to these issues as he… Continue watching
Apr 02 Twitter Chat: Why some veterans struggle with PTSD, and what they need By Dan Cooney Join us Monday, April 3 at 5 p.m. EDT to learn more about our series on PTSD, "War on the Brain."… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 9:06 The stigma that stops veterans from getting help for PTSD What discourages veterans from seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress? As part of our series War on the Brain, special correspondent Soledad O’Brien talks to former service members who have struggled to accept the diagnosis and get help. Continue watching
Mar 29 Four veterans living with PTSD reveal the disorder’s many faces By Jennie Amias, Starfish Media Group Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is caused by a vast array of traumatic events and can take many forms. The stories of the four individuals profiled here illustrate how PTSD’s symptoms and solutions are as varied as the people it affects. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch A journalist’s story of PTSD By PBS News Hour Journalist Dean Yates followed stories of conflict in the Middle East and Southeast Asia for years in his job for Reuters, producing reporting around some of the region's most important events. Earlier this year, he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress… Continue watching
Dec 01 Using Ecstasy to treat PTSD: ‘I felt like my soul snapped back into place’ By Caleb Hellerman, Global Health Reporting Center On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration gave an important boost to a therapy that uses MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, to treat PTSD, clearing the way for one or more large-scale research studies. Since 2004, more than 100 patients… Continue reading