Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Homelessness, a chaotic VA, PTSD, and a shrinking cohort are just some of the challenges for the group—and the country.

After the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, here's what research can tell us about the tragedy's effects on mental health.

Hundreds of veterans seeking treatment for sexual trauma they experienced while in the military had their claims wrongly denied by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Despite some positive trends, society needs to do more to help ease service members back into civilian life.

The story of the Australian serviceman with PTSD who flew halfway around the world to die alone on the side of a mountain.

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

How does one tell the untraumatized majority about the conditions that constitute the underworld of trauma?

How morally responsible can we hold Eddie Ray Routh for the death of Chris Kyle?

Could the brutality of slavery still have an effect on the health of African Americans, who continue to live shorter lives, on average, than whites?

New research cautions journalists against harming their most vulnerable sources.

Americans in violent neighborhoods are developing PTSD at rates similar to combat veterans. Why aren’t hospitals screening them? It costs money.