Tag: PTSD

"Enough of the horror!"

Alaska, in other words, is suffering climate death by a thousand cuts, while I struggle daily to accept the new reality: that the state is already irreparably changed.

Moral injury is not a recognized psychiatric diagnosis. Yet the concept began to take root among mental health specialists.

The fundraising drive "sparked the compassion of donors" to lift the medical debt of service members, veterans and their families.

That combination has touched off a behind-the-scenes race by private companies, some offering questionable – or at least unproven – treatments for the signature injury of modern war: post-traumatic stress disorder.

So what is the solution? How can the U.S. rein in this epidemic of suicide among active duty troops and vets?