On Tuesday, May 20 at 12:30pm ET:
From U.S. hospitals and inner cities to international battlefields like Nigeria and Syria, The Stream examines the civilian casualties of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Depression. Anxiety. Paranoia: the hallmark symptoms of PTSD are now seen in gunshot victims of Chicago, some of the trauma surgeons who treat them, and even 35% of all Intensive Care Unit patients across the country. What is being done to diagnose, understand and heal the trauma?
On this episode of The Stream, we'll speak to:
Dr. Kimberly Joseph
Trauma Surgeon, Cook County Hospital
Carol Reese
Violence prevention coordinator, Cook County Hospital
Darren Wagner @wagner_darren
Retired deputy sheriff living with PTSD
Dr. James Jackson
Assistant professor of medicine, Vanderbilt University
Qusai Zakarya @QZakarya
Survivor of chemical attack in Syria
Karen Stewart
Former mental health officer, Doctors Without Borders
Dr. Bellal Joseph @bellaljoseph
Trauma surgeon, University of Arizona
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