PTSD

How Israel’s surf therapy teams are helping evacuated teens heal during war - opinion

As a social worker at HaGal Sheli (My Wave), an organization that supports people coping with post-trauma through surf therapy, the sea is usually the setting for our healing activities.

HaGal Sheli team holding activities for teens and children during Purim, at hotels in Israel that house evacuated families and individuals.
People walk at the beach in Bat Yam, central Israel, on a cold winter day, January 9, 2026.

IDF reservist found dead in Bat Yam shelter as residents seek cover

Luis Har.

Freed Gaza hostages relive trauma as Iran war sirens trigger captivity memories

A man draped in a US flag holds stacked Israeli and Royal Iranian flags during a demonstration in solidarity with the Iranian protest movement outside the US Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv on February 14, 2026.

Strength and strain: Israel’s defense and societal resilience in the long war with Iran - editorial


Israel’s mental health crisis: The war’s hidden toll on mothers and soldiers - opinion

Rehabilitating the Israeli psyche. A national plan is urgently needed.

An IDF soldier sits on a beach in Tel Aviv

'Israel's mental health system is in a state of emergency,' Tel Aviv University study finds

Recent reports indicate burnout among IDF reservists, some of whom have served in multiple combat rounds for extended periods of time.

 ‘DECISION-MAKERS must act urgently to devise long-term solutions for treating a large number of veterans with PTSD.’

Building Resilience: TAU National Center for Trauma and Resilience

The Miriam and Moshe Shuster Building will be the new home for the center and its flagship facility: The Trauma and Anxiety Clinic.

 Architectural rendering of the Miriam and Moshe Shuster Building, designed by architect Erez Shani.

It starts with our children: Healing the deepest wounds of Israel's war - opinion

The emotional toll of the war is hard on children. Home Within the Heart, a University of Haifa initiative, works on addressing children's emotional needs.

 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE in a Home Within the Heart session.

We are not okay — and it’s time to say it out loud - opinion

There's a price to pay for suppressing the national emotional state. We can only begin to heal by acknowledging that things are bad and change is needed.

 VISITORS TO the site of the Nova music festival massacre stand as nationwide sirens sound on Remembrance Day last month. We’ve learned to live with pain and violence to the point our that emotions have dulled, the writer laments.

Dr. Phil at ‘Post’ gala: ‘There is no moral equivalent’ to Oct. 7 terror

The TV psychologist blasts moral relativism and campus antisemitism at star-studded JPost gala in NYC.

 Dr. Phil at JPost gala in NYC, May 19th, 2025.

Dr. Phil on standing with Israel: "There's nothing 'post' about their PTSD"

'These communities live under pressures that the rest of us can scarcely imagine,' said the renowned psychologist and TV personality, and adressed the need to speak out against antisemitism.

 Dr. Phil (R): "When I saw the combination of horror from October 7 and the shocking reactions on elite college campuses, I was appalled."

Jerusalem's Feuerstein Institute spreads its techniques for helping kids with trauma, disabilities

Feuerstein Institute spreads its techniques for helping children with disabilities and traumatized youngsters and adults.

 Dr. Rabbi Refael Feuerstein in the office of his late father, Prof. Reuven Feuerstein.

How to predict PTSD severity by brain connectivity patterns: University of Haifa researcher

Symptoms include flashbacks, hyperarousal, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, and changes in emotional and cognitive responses.

A joint study conducted by Dr. Ziv Ben-Zion has discovered that it’s possible to predict the severity of PTSD by analyzing brain connectivity patterns as early as one month after a traumatic event.

Warsaw Uprising's last survivor: The story, testimony of Michael Smuss

Everyone has a story, and every life is a story lived, but those who lived through the atrocities of the Nazi regime share stories that challenge our ideas of human capabilities.

 SUPPRESSION OF Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 16-19, 1943. In this iconic image, captured Jews are led by Waffen SS soldiers to the assembly point for deportation (Umschlagplatz).