|Podcasts|November 9, 2020

When the War Comes Home

How can psychiatrists meet the challenge of treating PTSD in veterans?

PSYCHPEARLS PODCAST

Psychiatric Times interviews Charles Figley, PhD, about his work in the area of PTSD, trauma, and disaster. In this podcast he discusses:

1. Female combat medics

2. What the military is (and is not) doing to help veterans with PTSD

3. His own experiences as a marine in Vietnam

Dr Figley is the Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health at Tulane University and founder and director of the Tulane Traumatology Institute.

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