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.

• By Emma Sarappo

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

• By Emily Moon

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.

• By Jack Herrera

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

• By Ethan Walker

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

• By Kathryn Joyce

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

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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

• By Sally Satel

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

• By Jessica Pishko

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?

• By Avery August

New research cautions journalists against harming their most vulnerable sources.

• By Lauren Kirchner

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

• By Lois Beckett