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Ukraine
‘We have to care for every soldier, for every civilian’: Ukraine faces major mental health challenges as a result of war trauma  
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Smoke rises from the Trade Ministry in Baghdad after it was hit by a missile during US-led attacks, March 20, 2003.
Military
An Iraq vet grapples with lingering toll of war
On Memorial Day: Stories of Trauma, Survival and Renewal
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A woman sits on sofa across from man and woman, who each hold infants in their arms. Papers on the table.
Conflict
Residents fled gun violence at a Pittsburgh public housing project. But refugees are still moving in.
Memorial Day 2017: National Sacrifice and A Pledge Not to Forget
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Four-year-old Lauren Lettner holds a sign
Economics
This military dad lost his son. Now, he’s trying to help other families battle against veteran PTSD and suicide.
PTSD and Guns, Nuclear Security, GOP Convention Tour
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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
Conflict
For Ukrainians displaced by conflict, there’s no going back
A prompt to get an art therapy session started.
Conflict
A promising way to help vets, with poetry, painting, even latch hooking rugs
EXCLUSIVE: The Takeaway’s Memorial Day Special
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Unstoppable Trump, PTSD and Racism, Damage in Flint
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Vets Push for Change as PTSD Becomes a Weapon
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Politics as Entertainment, Vets Fighting for Benefits, Remembering Mike Nichols
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Sebastian Junger, director of the Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo."
Health
Sebastian Junger on PTSD: ‘It’s coming home that’s actually the trauma’
Jerry Yellin, 91, speaking on Iwo Jima, 70 years after the battle
Conflict
A veteran of Iwo Jima ponders if the fight was worth it
Women react during a protest demanding that Nigerian security forces search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.
Conflict
Nigerian girls who escaped from Boko Haram describe their ordeal
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
Health & Medicine
Australians aim to build psychological resilience in the face of a changing climate
Kayla Williams and Brian McGough
Health & Medicine
What happens when two soldiers fall in love while one faces a traumatic injury?