How Americans Can Do More for Retired Soldiers
Despite some positive trends, society needs to do more to help ease service members back into civilian life.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
The Disappearing Soldier
The story of the Australian serviceman with PTSD who flew halfway around the world to die alone on the side of a mountain.
How a Soldier Haunted by War Plotted His Own Demise
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
The Enigma of Survival
How does one tell the untraumatized majority about the conditions that constitute the underworld of trauma?
Can PTSD Be Linked to Violence?
How morally responsible can we hold Eddie Ray Routh for the death of Chris Kyle?
Black Diseases Matter Too
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?
Can Kids Who Survive Crimes Be Re-Traumatized by Press?
New research cautions journalists against harming their most vulnerable sources.
The PTSD Crisis That’s Being Ignored
Americans in violent neighborhoods are developing PTSD at rates similar to combat veterans. Why aren’t hospitals screening them? It costs money.