Category Archives: PTSD

Female Veterans Battling PTSD From Sexual Trauma Fight for Redress

11 Jan 2015

Thousands of female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds that they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual trauma in the military. The veterans and their advocates call it “the second battle” — with a bureaucracy they say is stuck in the past.

How Schools Cope After a Tragedy Like Suicide

07 Jan 2015

Teens congregate in the high school hallways. A bewildered student sits alone on the floor. Girls huddle in the restroom as rumors fly.