Understanding a New Era of PTSD

This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. "PTSD is going to color everything you write," came the warning from a stepmother of a Marine, a woman who keeps track of such things. That was in 2005, when post-traumatic stress disorder, a.k.a. PTSD, wasn't getting much attention, but soon it was pretty much all anyone wrote about. Story upon story about the damage done to our guys in uniform— drinking, divorce, depression, destitution—a laundry ... Full Story »