Tag: PTSD
Mass shootings leave emotional and mental scars on survivors, first responders...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
The deadly shootings of eight people in Atlanta on March 16 and 10 people...
How you can help veterans every day
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Purdue University
As the nation celebrates our 17 million living veterans, it is also important to know that the number of these...
Fireworks can torment veterans and survivors of gun violence with PTSD...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
For some combat veterans, the Fourth of July is not a time to celebrate the independence of the country they...
Brain scans help shed light on the PTSD brain, but they...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
Celebrities and public figures have recently been more open about mental health conditions they deal with. This is a positive...
A former prosecutor reimagines how the criminal justice system can serve...
Andrew King-Ries, The University of Montana
For nearly a decade, I believed I was helping improve victims’ lives by prosecuting people who committed domestic violence...
What is moral injury in veterans?
Holly Arrow, University of Oregon and William M. Schumacher, University of Oregon
On Nov. 11 each year, Americans honor military veterans who have transitioned to...
Why it’s hard to ‘just get over it’ for people who...
Joan Cook, Yale University
People’s past, present and future are interconnected, and so is our country’s. Being willing to consider the connection between historical trauma...