The condition of multiple personality disorder (MPD) was so exotic and strange that it soon became fodder for daytime talk shows like Jerry Springer and campy storylines in soap operas. But the case and the controversial …
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Jiu Jitsu instructor helps veterans cope with PTSD | FOX5 San Diego …
The second-degree black belt not only instructs classes, but also helps veterans suffering from PTSD. “Some people preach from the pulpit, some people heal from the doctor's room, and I heal from the mat,” Gallegos said.
Mennonite witness leads to lasting change in US mental-health care
Barnhart, a former journalist and a freelance writer from Kansas City, Missouri, was on the Bethel College campus July 19 to present “From Resisters to Reformers: How Kansas Mennonites Changed Mental Health Care” to …
PTSD: The War Disorder That Goes Far Beyond the Battlefield …
The first time I experienced what I now understand to be post-traumatic stress disorder, I was in a subway station in New York City, where I live. It was almost a year before the attacks of 9/11, and I'd just come back from two months in …
How PTSD Became a Problem Far Beyond the Battlefield – Vanity Fair
The U.S. military now has the highest rate of post-traumatic stress disorder in its history. Sebastian Junger investigates.