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Researchers have isolated a gene whose variation may help explain why some victims of childhood abuse avoid adult depression.

The 9/11 Tribute Center has launched an online exhibit featuring 40 multimedia stories of print, radio, television and online news reporters and producers who covered the September 11 terrorist attack and its long aftermath.

ABC Presenter and experienced company director Dan Bourchier joins Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Asia-Pacific

One of the many virtues of the new online Reuters Handbook of Journalism: It is the first generally-available newsroom style guide with specific guidelines for reporting on victims of trauma.

According to a meta-analysis of 19 studies, trauma and PTSD symptoms may precede a reduction in the size of the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in learning and memory. The findings seem to support a physical, neurological component to PTSD.

“This is the first time I’ve ever done an entire program on one single topic like this,” said Radio New Zealand’s Colin Peacock.

In a recent article, Ochberg Fellow Jina Moore reports on the planning for physical and psychological trauma support outreach for the kidnapped Nigerian students and their families.

In a column for the Online Quill, 2005 Ochberg Fellow Melissa Manware recalls some of the hundreds of violent deaths and rapes from her decade covering cops for the Charlotte Observer.

A presidential panel headed by Sen. Bob Dole and former Health and Human Services Director Donna Shalala has recommended vital improvements to the health care system for veterans - including stronger support for those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

BBC correspondent Barbara Plett visits Badhiara, Kashmir, one year after the earthquake that killed 75,000 in Pakistan and India.