PTSD

Healing the mind: Israel's next frontline is the battle for recovery - opinion

Mahut Isreal exemplifies what national recovery must look like.

MAHUT FACILITATORS and partners visit Kibbutz Be’eri to advance collaboration and community resilience.
 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023.

Haunted by war, some Israelis hesitate to return to kibbutz attacked by Hamas

 Tired pensive military man feeling worry and despair overhead view. Psychological trauma and PTSD treatment at therapy session. Tired pensive military man feeling worry and despair overhead view

The invisible injury: Overcoming the cognitive impact of post-trauma - opinion

A Magen David Adom ambulance, pictured in March 28, 2024; illustrative.

Former police officer self immolates outside Defense Ministry rehab. head's home


Horror: The new song exploring Nova festival survivors, ongoing trauma

Smilee and Magenetic's new EP "Horror", honors Nova festival victims and explores ongoing trauma and survivor's guilt through music.

Cover art for Magenetic and Smilee's EP, Horror, exploring the emotions of a survivor of the Nova music festival.

Why Noah failed: A lesson in healing and resilience after trauma - opinion

Noah walked off the ark into a world erased. The man who carried humanity through the storm ended his life diminished and ashamed, but Abraham’s story is different...

noahs ark 311

Israel’s long road to healing: How war and political failure shape the nation - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: After Israel’s latest war, the nation is left with deep trauma and political disillusionment. The path to healing and reconciliation is uncertain.

PROTESTERS AT Hostage Square in Tel Aviv last week. It has been half a century since Israeli society has been this traumatized, says the author.

Israel’s frontline is not just at its borders, it’s in its emergency rooms - editorial

If leaders meet this moment with candor and investment, hospitals can return to being places of healing, not flash points of fear.

 A view shows damage in Soroka Medical Center, at an impact site following a missile strike from Iran on Israel, in Beersheba, June 19, 2025.

BIRD Foundation approves $5.5 million in Israeli-US projects, gathers $14 million in total

The investments, gathered from both public and private sectors, will be used in five projects centered on hardware, medical devices, mental health, and rehabilitation innovations. 

Illustrative photo of a cyberattack.

The women of the western Negev are still fighting to heal from October 7 - opinion

This is our moment as a society to pause, to listen, and to act. If we abandon the women of the western Negev, we lose the heart of the south.

A depressed woman

When does 'the war' really end for the Jewish people? - opinion

Many will say, “Now the war is over, and we can ‘return to normal.’” But what is normal?

The conclusion of Simchat Torah is marked at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night after the release of the remaining living hostages on Monday. The challenge is to hold both truths: the joy of redemption and the weight of its aftermath, says the writer.

Jerusalem highlights: October 17-23

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

La Sonnambula

Reasons to be cheerful: How some Israelis find relief for the soul and body during the war

In the aftermath of October 7, 2023, a number of Israelis managed to find some desperately needed solace in all manner of “alternative” pursuits.

ZACHI DEVASH – a one-man street theater performer.

From combat to recovery: What Israel owes its soldiers - opinion

More than half of the 20,000 soldiers wounded since the October 7 massacre are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other mental health challenges.

IDF soldiers prepare their weapons on a tank at a temporary army base opposite the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

The battlefield does not end at the fence: Taking care of IDF soldiers' mental health

Each life lost to suicide is one too many; every effort must be made to prevent the next.

An Israeli soldier whose leg was shattered by a grenade uses crutches as he walks along a corridor of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.