2011 Ochberg fellow Aaron Glantz reveals that in the fiscal year that ended in September, the Department of Veterans Affairs paid $437 million in retroactive benefits to the survivors of nearly 19,500 veterans who died waiting for their benefits.
On August 7, 1994, a deranged man brutally stabbed seven people in a New Haven cafe. Award-winning writers Emily Bernard and Bruce Shapiro, both critically injured that night, pondered the attack in essays written nearly two decades apart.
On August 7, 1994, a deranged man brutally stabbed seven people in a New Haven cafe. Award-winning writers Emily Bernard and Bruce Shapiro, both critically injured that night, pondered the attack in essays written nearly two decades apart. In November 2012, they continued the conversation at Columbia University.
Best practices for assessing, treating and educating the public about the impacts of trauma and PTSD, with links to a host of resources available to the public.
Information on PTSD and mental health, for the mental health professionals, reporters and the general public. it also includes a hotline to call for veteran’s crises.
Prevalence, symptoms and empirically-supported treatments for PTSD, with a specific section for newsrooms and journalists featuring information on accurate reporting of mental illness.
Dr. Elana Newman and her staff have developed a confidential online psychological program developed from social cognitive theory (SCT) to empower Spanish-speaking individuals who have experienced a traumatic event.
The new issue of Dart Society Reports, put out by our friends at the Dart Society, includes outstanding new work by seven Ochberg Fellows.
In a case being closely watched by the Australian media, an award-winning photojournalist is suing The Age newspaper in Melbourne, claiming the paper failed to provide a safe workplace and breaching its responsibility to care for her mental health.
In 2009, former news editor of the Sunday Times and the Observer Andrew Hogg spoke to journalism students at the City University in London about the treatment of torture victims. In the wake of the London High Court decision allowing three Kenyans to sue the UK government for torture they suffered during the 1950s and 60s Mau Mau revolution, we revive this illuminating speech.