Badland

Badland is a well-meaning but pointlessly overblown drama about an American vet with post-traumatic stress disorder.

"...well-meaning but overblown drama about an American vet with post-traumatic stress disorder that ought to stay in the foxhole...."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dry Land

Home from Iraq, a soldier suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has trouble reintegrating into small-town Texas life in this scorching film.

"...from Iraq and his trouble acknowledging his problem with post-traumatic stress disorder and reintegrating into the small-town West Texas..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

G.I. Jesus

Jesus Feliciano is a Mexican national who joins the Marines to gain U.S. citizenship and returns home from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder.

"...a furlough from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s an odd little movie – part..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Fearless

"...the sky, he suffers from what shrink Turturro deems post-traumatic stress disorder. Bridges, on the other hand, just thinks..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Weird City Hip-Hop Festival: Pharoahe Monch

Veteran MC on depression, rock bands, and his demise

"...Phaorahe Monch’s April release, PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, attacks social injustices with an anti major-label sentiment..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...zone is one of several classic signs of "combat stress reaction," which, if persistent and untreated, can result in..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Soldier's Heart

Thousands of Iraq War veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system unready to help them

"...soldiers returning from Iraq were suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a psychologically debilitating condition causing intense nightmares, paranoia,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Dan Frosch

$4 Million Later

Lab leaves town, plagued by accusations of faulty research, money waste, and mismanagement

"...center will study the conjunction of mild TBI and post-traumatic stress disorder, a dual affliction seen in many returning..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Shoot the Messenger!

VA tries to fire whistle-blower doctor

"...press was leaked an e-mail from Norma Perez, a post-traumatic stress disorder coordinator in Temple, advising mental-health professionals not..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

The Austin Chronic: I Can Now Legally Possess Cannabis Oil and Edibles

Meet the newest patient in Texas’ Compassionate Use Program

"...in court. 10mg has me smiling and impervious to stress. 20mg might have me dictating philosophical revelations into the..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

A Question of Compassion for Travis County's Family Violence Court

A woman alleged rape. The man she accused went free. Should his attorney run our court?

"...Prior to her alleged rape, Samantha was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder following a traumatic incident that occurred while..."

June 19, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Veterans Courts: Where's the Money?

Veterans courts prove successful but lack funding

"...vet courts – which seek to take defendants with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other combat-related disorders..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

UT and VA Combine Forces to Study Brain Trauma in Iraq Vets

Hope to determine new, more effective treatments for soldiers returning from war

"...in hopes of better understanding traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. They'll be using a state-of-the-art brain scanner..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Andrea Grimes

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Documentary

Environmental warnings come with mordant humor and sweetness

"...the local mosque in Muncie, Indiana. Grappling with long-term post-traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism, and the military conditioning of more..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Breaking

Tragic true-life drama attacks how the system fails military veterans

"...he’s a slightly disturbed individual (there are hints of post-traumatic stress disorder), but all he wants is what’s owed..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Private War

Rosamund Pike captures war journalist Marie Colvin

"...than its suggestion that Colvin is deeply affected by post-traumatic stress disorder. That’s an interesting message in its own..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Pharoahe Monch

"...Pharoahe MonchPTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (W.A.R. Media/Ingrooves)..."

June 20, 2014 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Under the Hood Celebrates Hoodstock at JAX

On the 11th anniversary of war in Afghanistan, help a military resource center stay afloat

"...suicide each day. The link between military suicides and post-traumatic stress disorder has been firmly established and the military..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Liz Williams

A Serbian Film

Notorious for its disturbing content, this film has been slightly edited for its American theatrical debut.

"...soul-searing cry for help, or a case of cinematic post-traumatic stress disorder. It's the grim allegorical vision of a..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Valley of Elah

Paul Haggis and Tommy Lee Jones deliver a scorching film that's part police procedural, part family melodrama, and all about our national failures in Iraq.

"...Deerfield stumbles into a world of drugs, cover-ups, and post-traumatic stress disorder that exposes the ugly truth behind our..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Ground Truth

Far from being just one more documentary wishing to expose alternative truths about the war in Iraq, Foulkrod's film instead airs some of the hard-won truths learned by American soldiers.

"...first-person testimonies are powerful and affecting, and even more distressing are the voices of returning veterans who feel betrayed..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Dyer Baizley’s Brute Emotion

Baroness frontman cuts through the B.S. for Chaos in Tejas

"...AC: What level of post-traumatic stress disorder have you experienced? They use that term..."

May 30, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Finding a Way Back Home

Who's looking out for Austin's returning veterans?

"...his major priority – especially with rising rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury – is cushioning..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...I called her one day and said, 'I've got post-traumatic stress. I'm in this hole, and I can't get..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Damned, Damned, Damned

Chaos in Tejas, forever extreme

"...AC: What level of post-traumatic stress disorder have you experienced? They use that term..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'From Silence to Power'

Bonnie Cox stages dances drawn from traumas to move through them

"...– result, over time, in a trauma not unlike post-traumatic stress disorder. "When we internalize, it can be traumatic...."

Oct. 18, 2013 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Adding Insult to Brain Injury

Brain injury lab and its former director on the skids

"...of war – mental health conditions like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, depression, and anxiety," Cornyn says...."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Letters at 3AM

The following examples of government mismanagement ought to be April Fools' jokes, but they're not

"...in five Americans now suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that more..."

April 1, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"...TCSO spokesperson Kristen Dark stresses that Travis County is not necessarily part of the..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

In the Worst Moments of Austinites’ Lives, APD Victim Services Shows Up

Inside one of APD’s most-celebrated divisions

"...long way in reducing the child’s chances of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, Morris told us. Talking with children, letting..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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