http://dir.salon.com/topics/post_traumatic_stress_disorder/?source=rss&aim=post_traumatic_stress_disorder en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT By Mark Benjamin Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/12/ocpa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/12/ocpa/index.html?source=rss The day after the shooting at a combat stress clinic in Iraq, new data released to Salon shows soldiers committing suicide at a record-setting pace. Is combat stress the reason? Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/09/each/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/09/each/index.html?source=rss A summary of an Army investigation says some soldiers with PTSD may not get the diagnoses they deserve -- but nobody in the Army did anything wrong. By Michael de Yoanna and Mark Benjamin Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/special/coming_home/2009/04/08/tape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/special/coming_home/2009/04/08/tape/index.html?source=rss A secret recording reveals the Army may be pushing its medical staff not to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. The Army and Senate have ignored the implications. By Bill Sasser Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/30/sergeants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/30/sergeants/index.html?source=rss A Salon investigation reveals that a shortage of skilled sergeants has led to dubious promotions for inexperienced soldiers -- even jeopardizing some operations in Iraq. By Cary Tennis Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/06/abuser_and_abused/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/06/abuser_and_abused/index.html?source=rss I am conflicted about who is to blame for my older brother's abuse. I goaded him on. I think I share the blame. Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/22/trust_and_ptsd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/22/trust_and_ptsd/index.html?source=rss She's a war vet with post-traumatic stress, and I'm overseas with the Navy. She found a condom in my old deployment bag ... but it was a joke condom! By Julia Dahl Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/05/james_dean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/05/james_dean/index.html?source=rss Police in rural Maryland staged a military stakeout and shot a troubled Army vet. As his family plans to sue, they are asking how a soldier being treated for PTSD could be shipped to Iraq. By L. Okey Onyejekwe Jr. Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/22/iraq_casualty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/22/iraq_casualty/index.html?source=rss Veterans of the Iraq war, including heroic Army Cpl. Frank Sandoval, are dying here in America too. By Eilene Zimmerman Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/16/virtual_reality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/16/virtual_reality/index.html?source=rss U.S. soldiers traumatized by Iraq are combating PTSD with a virtual reality treatment that plunges them back into the war zone. By Page Rockwell Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/19/women_in_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/19/women_in_iraq/index.html?source=rss The New York Times mag on the war's disturbing rape-report statistics and the PTSD gripping many female veterans once they return home. By Joan Walsh Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/20/walter_reed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/20/walter_reed/index.html?source=rss The Washington Post's series on the poor conditions for hospitalized Iraq war veterans explores a subject very familiar to Salon readers. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/21/ptsd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/21/ptsd/index.html?source=rss Disillusionment with war is an overlooked psychological liability on the battlefield, experts say -- and could lead to higher rates of PTSD among U.S. soldiers in Iraq. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/01/05/brain_trauma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/01/05/brain_trauma/index.html?source=rss More U.S. soldiers than ever are sustaining serious brain injuries in Iraq. But a significant number of them are being misdiagnosed, forced to wait for treatment or even being called liars by the Army. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/11/va_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/11/va_review/index.html?source=rss The V.A. canceled its controversial plan Thursday to review vets who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/09/vets/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/09/vets/index.html?source=rss The U.S. government is reviewing 72,000 cases in which veterans have been diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, claiming that misdiagnosis and fraud have inflated the numbers. Outraged vets say the plan is a callous attempt to cut the costs of an increasingly expensive war. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/02/18/walter_reed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/02/18/walter_reed/index.html?source=rss They're overmedicated, forced to talk about their mothers instead of Iraq, and have to fight for disability pay. Traumatized combat vets say the Army is failing them, and after a year following more than a dozen soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital, I believe them. By Jeff Greenwald Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/20/stress/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/20/stress/index.html?source=rss As the horror hits home in Sri Lanka, there are too many relief workers and not enough stress counselors. By Lynn Harris Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/12/08/ptsd_treatments/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/12/08/ptsd_treatments/index.html?source=rss Talk therapy only increases the suffering for some trauma victims -- but alternative treatments offer new hope. By Cary Tennis Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2004/11/17/ptsd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2004/11/17/ptsd/index.html?source=rss Now my life is hell, and I feel like I'm failing at everything. By Stephen W. Stromberg Tue, 12 May 2009 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2004/07/01/vets/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2004/07/01/vets/index.html?source=rss