trauma

My husband, the invalid My husband, the invalid

I gave up everything to take care of my spouse after he suffered a brain injury. But would I also lose myself?
By Alix Kates Shulman Sep 17, 2008

  • At age 5 I was traumatized by an End Times movie

    My church showed me a horror flick that left me terrified for all who are not yet saved
    By Cary Tennis June 17, 2009

  • Getting blown up, again and again

    U.S. soldiers traumatized by Iraq are combating PTSD with a virtual reality treatment that plunges them back into the war zone.
    By Eilene Zimmerman May 16, 2007

  • A good day for veterans

    The V.A. canceled its controversial plan Thursday to review vets who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
    By Mark Benjamin November 11, 2005

  • Sticker shock over shell shock

    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 August 9, 2005

  • I'm almost 23 and still afraid of sex

    I'd like to relax, but traumatic memories come rushing back.
    By Cary Tennis June 9, 2008

  • My half-brother locked me in the closet and I think I'm to blame

    I am conflicted about who is to blame for my older brother's abuse. I goaded him on. I think I share the blame.
    By Cary Tennis March 6, 2008

  • Protecting America's wounded

    Democratic senators have stepped up to defend benefits for soldiers traumatized by combat.
    By Mark Benjamin September 24, 2005

  • "My heart is back"

    Talk therapy only increases the suffering for some trauma victims -- but alternative treatments offer new hope.
    By Lynn Harris December 8, 2004

  • Forgotten casualties

    Mentally scarred by the horrors they've endured in Iraq, many returning U.S. soldiers say the military isn't giving them the help they deserve.
    By Lynn Harris September 22, 2004

  • Trauma lessons

    Young women working as medics in Jerusalem divide their lives between bloody mayhem and the rituals of adolescence.
    By Ken Lee June 7, 2002

  • Trauma culture

    From Oklahoma City to New York, we've turned violent human loss into epic narratives of suffering and patriotism. Does this help people heal or hurt them?
    By Charles Taylor December 15, 2001

  • The trauma to come

    A city reels -- and braces for the psychic fallout of its monstrous ordeal.
    By Lauren Sandler October 4, 2001

  • The mystery cure

    A simple approach to treating trauma has had spectacular results in the wake of tragedies in Oklahoma, Bosnia and Littleton. Will EMDR help in New York?
    By Janelle Brown October 4, 2001

  • "They said people came and the city's in trouble"

    Brooklyn kids tell the story they were told.
    By Amie Barrodale September 12, 2001

  • A matter of life in death

    It begins with carnage and never really ends.
    By J.B. Orenstein March 21, 2001

  • Witness for the persecution

    Croatian novelist and journalist Slavenka Drakulic tells a story of breathtaking brutality. We interview her about her new novel and her experiences.
    By Kate Moses March 9, 2000

  • He loves me, he loves me not

    Race was never an issue in my life -- until I fell in love.
    By Eleanor Stacy Parker February 17, 2000

  • Pundits of pain

    In the wake of Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo, academics turn trauma studies into a hot discipline.
    By Andreas Killen February 11, 2000

  • The psychology of art

    Traumatized by war, Kosovar children express their anger, fear and hope through art.
    By Vivienne Walt June 4, 1999

  • The trauma of childhood

    As long as they are loved, children can recover from abuse and even the horror of war.
    By Alice Miller June 4, 1999

  • Bush

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
    By Gavin McNett December 9, 1997
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