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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

PTSD

Holding hands in a circle at the K Bar L Ranch in Montana (Courtesy/Healing in Nature)
August 16, 2024, 11:07 am
Weeklong retreat in Montana ranch aims to heal IDF vets from war traumas
Israeli nonprofit formed after Oct. 7 takes combat soldiers far off the grid to a homestead where Tel Aviv and Harvard researchers offer techniques to aid reentry into normal life
By Diana Bletter
Participants at a one-day intensive PTSD prevention workshop at the Protective Partnership's 'The Villa' program in Herzliya. Protective Partnership CEO Lilach Felner is second from left. June 13, 2024. (Courtesy)
July 10, 2024, 8:37 am
Intensive one-day retreat program aims to prevent PTSD among IDF reservists
After shedding their battle gear, combat troops make their way to The Villa to learn techniques to help put the traumas of war in the past so they can function now and in the future
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Eliran Mizrahi, who took his own life on June 7, 2024, after being called back to war after suffering from two injuries and PTSD (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 12, 2024, 11:52 pm
IDF to recognize reservist with PTSD who took own life as a fallen soldier
Army says recognition possible because Eliran Mizrahi was on active duty when he died, after initially saying he was not; family welcomes move ‘with happiness mixed with sadness’
By Emanuel Fabian
Eliran Mizrahi, who took his own life on June 7, 2024, after being called back to war after suffering from two injuries and PTSD (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 10, 2024, 2:51 am
Reservist with PTSD kills himself after callup order; family pleads for military burial
IDF states Eliran Mizrahi not eligible to be buried in an army cemetery because he wasn’t on active duty at time of death; mother says he returned from Gaza war ‘a broken man’
By ToI Staff
An El Al plane after takeoff from Ben Gurion Airport. September 7, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 2, 2024, 1:21 pm
Israeli flight to Georgia forced to turn back as passenger assaults cabin crew
Man reportedly shouts he has PTSD from Gaza war where he saw ‘bodies flying,’ is restrained by other passengers; flight attendant injured, requires medical treatment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a former French soldier at the 'Athos' house - a place that welcomes veterans with traumas - in Toulon, southern France, on May 26, 2021. (Nicolas Tucat / AFP)
April 17, 2024, 10:17 am
As anxiety surges during war, Israeli GenAI platform can ease psychiatrists’ workload
A new cutting-edge platform, developed at Sheba Hospital in the wake of October 7, substantially streamlines intake of patients for mental healthcare
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Masked members of the so-called 'People's Protection Committees' guard a humanitarian aid truck in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 3, 2024. (Said Khatib / AFP)
April 11, 2024, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing April 11: Day 188 – High Court to decide whether to wade in on Gaza aid
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on Israeli groups’ petition seeking to flood Strip with aid and aid workers; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on ‘invisible’ wartime brain injuries
By ToI Staff
Chief Superintendent Avi Amar comforting a distraught IDF soldier near Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023, hours before he was killed. (Israel Police)
March 24, 2024, 5:54 pm
Study assesses half a million Israelis at risk of developing PTSD due to Oct. 7 and war
Psychology researchers rely on studies done on similar situations to create predictive mathematical model; leading expert questions study’s methodology, believes numbers inflated
By Renee Ghert-Zand
War cabinet minister Benny Gantz speaks at a gathering of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in Jerusalem on February 18, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 22, 2024, 2:43 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 22: Day 139 – Politics at play as Gantz talks possible hostage deal
Zman Yisrael editor-in-chief Biranit Goren discusses war cabinet tensions; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand looks at PTSD and an IDF unit that serves injured soldiers in hospitals
By ToI Staff
Prof. Yair Bar-Haim, head of the National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience at Tel Aviv University, January 2024 (Courtesy of TAU)
February 21, 2024, 5:44 am
October 7 and war trauma will lead to at least 30,000 new cases of PTSD, expert says
Prof. Yair Bar-Haim, head of the National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience, warns mental health system unprepared to handle patient deluge, challenges will last decades
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An EyeControl device being applied to a patient. (Courtesy of EyeControl)
January 1, 2024, 6:07 pm
Israeli med tech company’s innovative headset could reduce delirium in ICU patients
EyeControl shifts focus in hopes of diminishing mental distress experienced by war wounded and other seriously ill individuals who are sedated and intubated
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Laboratory mice. (toeytoey2530/Istock via Getty Images)
December 18, 2023, 7:33 am
New Israeli study investigates childhood trauma and its prospects for reversal
As concern mounts for the psychological health of young victims of the war and terror, Weizmann Institute researchers look at why some people are prone to triggering later in life
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Defense Ministry is seen along with other buildings in Tel Aviv, August 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 12, 2023, 11:28 pm
After two vets die by suicide, Defense Ministry forms new team to probe procedures
Ministry says experts will look into cases of Bar Kalaf and Or Donio, and formulate work plans to improve treatment of veterans suffering mental illness
By Emanuel Fabian
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, center, meets with President Isaac Herzog, right, and with Herzog's wife Michal in Tel Aviv, June 19, 2023. (Igal Slavin)
June 19, 2023, 1:17 pm
Ukraine’s first lady meets Herzogs to kick off visit promoting humanitarian issues
In her first visit to Israel, Olena Zelenska to tour hospital and trauma centers along with counterpart Michal Herzog, focusing on initiatives to aid war-torn Ukraine
By ToI Staff
Shalom Rotban (third from right) with his family at the Israeli-Jordanian border on May 25, 2023. (Israel Dog Unit Spokesperson; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 25, 2023, 9:00 pm
Israeli missing for two years reunited with family after being found in Jordan
Shalom Rotban, who has had PTSD since 2012 Gaza war that was retriggered during 2021 conflict, was identified at a psychiatric hospital in Amman by an Arab Israeli medical student
By ToI Staff
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