Pacific Standard May-June 2013 Cover

Beyond PTSD: Soldiers Have Injured Souls

John Fisher got his soul back when he visited a cemetery in Greece. Shelley Corteville felt "rocketed" into healing when she told her story at a veterans' retreat after 28 years of silence. Bob Cagle lost his decades-long urge to commit suicide after an encounter at a Buddhist temple. These veterans and thousands like them grapple with what some call "the war after the war" — the psychological scars of conflict. Working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and private organizations, these men and women are employing treatments both radically new and centuries old. At the ... Read More