After War: Post-Traumatic Stress in America
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A Father's Account Of His Late Son's Battle With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
This week The Takeaway is exploring the individual and collective experience of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in America. Corporal Jeffrey Lucey served in Iraq between January... Aug 9, 2013
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The Collective Experience of PTSD
While the trauma facing veterans returning home may be an individual experience, on some level, are we all going to experience PTSD collectively as a nation? Mary de Young is a Profes... Aug 9, 2013
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Two Veterans Separated by 30 Years Come to Terms With PTSD
Years after the Vietnam War, PTSD is now a household term. Mary McGriff is a retired Captain in the United States Air Force. She served at Balad Air Force base in Iraq in 2004. Dougla... Aug 8, 2013
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The Lingering Stress of War for Military Families
The stress of war lingers not just with our veterans but with their families as well. Take Vivian Greentree, Director of Research and Policy for Blue Star Families, for example. Vivia... Aug 7, 2013
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A Journey From Mythology to Reality: The Impacts of PTSD on Identity
This week we're exploring the individual and collective experience of post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD in America as we enter the long aftermath of two wars in Afghanistan and I... Aug 6, 2013
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Biography
In this first installment in The Takeaway's series on post-traumatic stress disorder—commonly referred to as PTSD—we look at the disorder through multiple lenses. Former Marine and au... Aug 5, 2013