Jan 28 Watch 8:06 Rohingya who fled ethnic cleansing face effects of trauma By PBS News Hour Now that more than half a million Rohingya, a Muslim minority, have fled Myanmar from rape, murder and other forms of ethnic cleansing to bordering Bangladesh, humanitarian aids are trying to assess the psychological tolls among the survivors. From depression… Continue watching
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
Aug 22 Chicago’s gun violence crisis is also a mental health crisis By Ryan Connelly Holmes Thousands of people across the South and West Sides of Chicago experience some form of mental health trauma as a result of gun violence. And as the number of shootings in the city increases, mental health providers are struggling to… 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
Feb 21 Watch 6:56 Faced with outsized stresses, these Baltimore students learn to take a deep breath By PBS News Hour Violent crime and unemployment rates are nearly twice the national average in Baltimore. Educators say factors like these add significant stress to children, causing emotional and behavioral problems, so several public schools are working to reduce that stress with mindfulness… Continue watching
Oct 06 Column: White people don’t understand the trauma of viral police-killing videos By Monnica Williams The calls and emails started coming in: “Dr. Williams, are you available for commentary? Have you seen the recent shooting?” Another unarmed black man has been killed by law enforcement. Another life is snuffed out. One more human being who… Continue reading
Jun 21 Finding catharsis through the art of tattoos By Kaysie Ellingson, Indie Alaska Para-rescuer Roger Sparks found that the art of tattooing helped him deal with his grief following a deadly military operation in Afghanistan. Now he's trying to help others who are suffering from emotional trauma. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 8:51 To improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma By PBS News Hour Childhood trauma such as abuse, neighborhood violence or the death of a parent has been found to lead to dire health and social problems later in life. How can communities intervene to spare future generations the same pain and illness?… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 7:59 Living with stress for too long may be giving kids asthma By PBS News Hour The number of Americans diagnosed with asthma has grown dramatically, with high-crime cities being hit especially hard. In a joint report with The Detroit News, special correspondent Indira Lakshmanan examines emerging research that indicates stress, abuse and violence may play… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 6:42 Witness to the Paris attacks embraces his ‘survivor’s obligation’ By PBS News Hour How does one recover from the trauma of being caught in the middle of a terrorist attack? Psychotherapist Mark Colclough, who was in one of the Paris cafes when it was attacked by gunmen two weeks ago, offers some special… Continue watching