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The Moral Injury of War: Using ‘Soul Repair’ to Prevent Veteran Suicides

By Rita Nakashima Brock, Gabriella Lettini — 2013

When veterans return to our communities after war, we owe it to them and to ourselves to do our best to support their recovery. To do so, however, we must be willing to engage the same intense moral questions that veterans undertake about our own responsibility as a society for having sent them to war.

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Why Soldiers Crave a ‘Hero’s Journey’

Many in the veteran community have made the mistake of assuming that the only process of reincarnation as a new, more laudable self is through violence and brutality.

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Meaghan Mobbs
2018
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PTSD Treatment Options

Although there are a number of treatment options for PTSD, and patient response to treatment varies, some treatments have been shown to have more benefit in general.

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Veterans Use Creative Forces to Heal Invisible Wounds of War

How music and art therapies can help military service members.

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Richard Sima
2021
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Veterans with PTSD Struggle to Parent, But Help Is Available

The loud, chaotic realities of raising young children can be a huge challenge for military parents with PTSD.

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Meghan Holohan
2019
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More Veterans with PTSD Will Soon Get Help from Service Dogs. Thank the ‘PAWS’ Act

For vets with PTSD, a service dog is like a ‘battle buddy’ for life

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Stephanie O’Neill
2021
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How Weight Lifting Helped One Writer Work Through Her PTSD

Personal trainer and former competitive weight lifter Laura Khoudari discusses her research and her experience with strength training as an embodied movement practice that has helped her heal from her own trauma and help other trauma survivors.

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Maggie Mertens
2021
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How to Tell if You Have Normal Post-Traumatic Stress or Something More Serious

Both mental health conditions can happen after you’ve experienced trauma, but there’s a big difference between them.

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Barbara Brody
2018
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Can Trauma Really Be “Stored” in the Body?

Scientists now have more evidence than ever before revealing the intimate, intertwined relationship between the mind and body.

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Stephanie Eckelkamp
2019
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How Virtual Reality Is Helping Heal Soldiers with PTSD

For nearly 20 years the idea of using virtual reality to treat PTSD has been gaining momentum. But new breakthroughs in the platform are making it easier and more affordable than ever for veterans to find help.

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Simon Parkin
2017
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Trauma-Related Guilt in People with PTSD

People who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also commonly experience guilt. In particular, individuals who have endured traumatic events may also begin to feel what’s known as trauma-related guilt. But what does the term mean exactly?

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Matthew Tull
2020
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