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Posttraumatic stress disorder

A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020.

Facebook will pay $52M to US content moderators for trauma on the job. What about its international contractors?

Social media

The new settlement covers only workers based in the US. But the unprecedented move could have an impact on content moderators in other parts of the world.

Sebastian Junger, director of the Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo."

Sebastian Junger on PTSD: ‘It’s coming home that’s actually the trauma’

Health
Brandon Ladner. Pelham, Alabama. Ladner's Marine Corps boots sit on a small shelf in his bedroom. Ladner was a US Marine Corps vereran who fought in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. He shot himself inside his living room, and thee bullet remains lodged in

The things they carried: War photographer marks last steps of vets at home

Arts
Jason Torres and Daniel Fienco, "I Was There" participants, line up a shot for their film "What's Really Important"

The grandson of ‘Old Blood and Guts’ makes film, not war

Conflict
Brian Williams

Will several days off air stop the Brian Williams scandal?

Media
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen visits Camp Shaheen outside Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, where German troops are stationed.

Here’s what Germany can teach Americans about supporting the troops

Conflict

In Germany, even saying you’re a “veteran” is controversial — even disdained. But a former German soldier says that while Germans don’t visibly dote on their troops like Americans, they make up for it with the kinds of benefits American soldiers sometimes lack.

Afghanistan, early spring 2003. At a Special Forces camp near the Pakistan border.

Post traumatic stress can be hard to understand — for those going through it and those trying to treat them

Health & Medicine

When Army veteran Ron Capps first exhibited symptoms of post traumatic stress he was unsure about what to do and where to turn. We take a look at his journey to get help and talk and speak with a military psychiatrist about the path to diagnosis and treatment of PTSD.
When Army veteran Ron Capps first exhibited symptoms of post traumatic stress he was unsure about what to do and where to turn. We take a look at his journey to get help and talk and speak with a military psychiatrist about the path to diagnosis and treatment of PTSD.

Army Sergeant First Class Robin Johnson and a member of the Iraqi army.

The military is going beyond PTSD to help soldiers who have suffered a ‘moral injury’

Conflict & Justice

Military mental health experts are finding, and naming, a new type of psychological damage that soldiers face from traumatic violence during war.They call it “moral injury” and one treatment is to re-live it.

Why One Iraq Veteran Supports Limited US Military Intervention in Syria

Conflict & Justice

This week we’ve been talking to veterans about their thoughts on Syria. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with one listener and veteran James Sperry, director of the organization The Fight Continues.

The Lingering Stress of War for Military Families

This week The Takeaway is exploring the individual and collective experience of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in America as we enter the long aftermath of two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We’ve noted that more than 1 in 5 of the 2 million-plus combat veterans from those wars suffer from some symptoms of PTSD.  Last year […]