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Topic: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Donald Trump (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

PTSD expert: Trump is abusing us

Chauncey DeVega
Elijah Wood in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (New Line Cinema)

"Lord of the Rings": A trauma parable

Keith A. Spencer
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/profile/dominikherz'>dominikherz</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Violence may shape teens' brains

Darby Saxbe - The Conversation
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CA shooter was treated for PTSD: report

Nicole Karlis
Ecstasy pills, which contain MDMA as their main chemical (DEA)

Can MDMA help cure social anxiety?

Benjamin Bell

Refugees and mental health

Carrie Sheffield

Where sexism runs rampant

Katie McDonough
(Reynaldo Leal)

How to think about PTSD

David J. Morris
Michael Savage (AP/John Storey)

Joanna Rothkopf
(AP/Rick Bowmer)

Chaffetz's ignorance

Simon Maloy
(AP/M. Spencer Green)

"A helpless situation"

Ian Blair
The Vietnam War should never be forgotten, especially now. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Paul Rosenberg
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

The lasting trauma of rape

Cary Tennis

Death of an American sniper

Laura Miller
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1098314p1.html'>Jess Wealleans</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Comfort dogs come to Newtown

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Palestinian school children walk in the rubble left days after an Israeli strike destroyed the Hamas interior ministry in Gaza City. (AP/Adel Hana)

Erin Cunningham
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