Topic: Mental Health

Personal Tragedies Illuminate the Consequences of War
In investigating why some Iraq War veterans become homicidal, The New York Times highlighted a circumstance that no one else was tracking.
By Matthew Purdy

Revealing War on a Human Scale
‘It became heroic, tragic, visceral, incomprehensible, beautiful and grotesque — in a word: human.’
By Robert Lewis

Probing the High Suicide Rate Among Soldiers in Iraq
In pushing for the military to release undisclosed data, reporters found soldiers who battled mental illness and took their own lives during the war.
By Matthew Kauffman and Lisa Chedekel

Telling Stories the Military Doesn’t Want Told
‘Dear Mr. Olmsted, I regret to inform you that we can’t honor your request to speak with anyone at Fort Carson ....’
By Dan Olmsted