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‘We have to care for every soldier, for every civilian’: Ukraine faces major mental health challenges as a result of war trauma  

Ukraine

After nearly 1,000 days, Russia’s war against Ukraine is causing mental health issues for soldiers and civilians, including anxiety, panic attacks and PTSD. Ukraine’s Health Ministry estimates that 15 million people will need psychological support in the future.

Smoke rises from the Trade Ministry in Baghdad after it was hit by a missile during US-led attacks, March 20, 2003.

An Iraq vet grapples with lingering toll of war

Military
A woman sits on sofa across from man and woman, who each hold infants in their arms. Papers on the table.

Residents fled gun violence at a Pittsburgh public housing project. But refugees are still moving in.

Conflict
Four-year-old Lauren Lettner holds a sign

This military dad lost his son. Now, he’s trying to help other families battle against veteran PTSD and suicide.

Economics
Georgiy Gaidamaka left his native Simferopol, in Crimea, after the Russian government said it would cut end the methadone­ substitution therapy he’d relied on to treat his heroin addiction. Now he lives in Kiev, where he builds amplifiers from old Soviet

For Ukrainians displaced by conflict, there’s no going back

Conflict
A prompt to get an art therapy session started.

A promising way to help vets, with poetry, painting, even latch hooking rugs

Conflict

An art therapy program born out of the Veterans Administration in Boston has proven to be so successful among vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that it will soon be rolled out nationwide.

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

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

Health

Veterans’ post-traumatic stress may have less to do with what fighters see on the battlefield and more with the kind of society the soldiers return to. That’s what veteran war correspondent Sebastian Junger believes after researching the topic and talking to veterans of America’s wars.

Jerry Yellin, 91, speaking on Iwo Jima, 70 years after the battle

A veteran of Iwo Jima ponders if the fight was worth it

Conflict

A few dozen elderly US veterans have traveled back to Iwo Jima, scene of one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific during World War II. One of them, former fighter pilot Jerry Yellin, talks about the battle and one buddy who never returned.

Women react during a protest demanding that Nigerian security forces search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.

Nigerian girls who escaped from Boko Haram describe their ordeal

Conflict

The fate of Nigeria’s missing schoolgirls is still unknown, six months after their abduction by the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram. But a number of girls who evaded or escaped from Boko Haram have described their ordeal to Human Rights Watch

A fireman climbs down from his truck as a bushfire approaches a town outside of of Melbourne, Australia in February, 2009. Officials blamed the dozens of blazes across the country five years ago on a "once in a century" heatwave. With climate change incre

Australians aim to build psychological resilience in the face of a changing climate

Health & Medicine

Floods, wildfires, droughts and heat waves have struck Australia in recent years, leaving survivors traumatized. With more extreme weather predicted as the earth warms up, mental health experts are seeking ways to prepare the public emotionally.Floods, wildfires, droughts and heat waves have struck Australia in recent years, leaving survivors traumatized. With more extreme weather predicted as the earth warms up, mental health experts are seeking ways to prepare the public emotionally.

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