Doctor: 12% Of All Journalists May Have PTSD

NPR:

With such a high-stakes, high-stress lifestyle, it's no wonder many journalists return from war zones with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Dr. Anthony Feinstein is one of those working to help them overcome the emotional aftereffects of covering conflict.

After conducting extensive interviews, Feinstein estimates that up to 12 percent of all journalists have PTSD. For correspondents who have covered covered five or more conflicts, the number jumps to 29 percent.

Read the whole story: NPR

Comments

[123dee]

I feel like I have a mild form of PTSD, just from watching 7 long years of senseless
killing. I can't imagine what the people on the front line must be feeling.
Wish them well in their recovery.

[obamaluv]

The official estimate of PTSD From the US office of OJS is up to 12% or more. NPR should do research not just guess

[Durango]

I watched NBC Nightly News last night and i just want to acknowledge that when i have been lambasting the American Corporate Media i m not referring to reporters like Richards Engle or David Rhode or any of the other reporters risking their lives to cover real news.

And i would really like to recognize the foreign reporters, the people who live in iraq or Afghanistan and are trying their best to help us understand what is going on.

There aren't nearly enough of them.

But the problems of the Corporate Media come from much higher in the food chain..

[Okieborn]

I have another calculation !!
I would bet that 100% of people who are without homes, food or insurance are depressed !!

[josephbua]

Oh, and Ware's the best war correspondent we have on this planet, btw.

[josephbua]

Your photo of Michael Ware here leads me to believe that you want me to think he has PTSD.

I don't believe that he's revealed that.

I would change the image.

[ibivi]

Ware is an excellent journalist. To me he looks sad. Maybe not PTSD but probably depressed. Covering war for extended perods of time takes its toll. Given the number of reporters and their assistants who were killed in Iraq it is a very dangerous place and I am sure that he is war weary. Mr Ware keep your head down and come home safe.

[den1953]

Anyone both past and present that see war and it's no video game those thought's and vision's stay with you your whole life no matter what some cope with it in different way's. There is no magic formula for a cure stress will effect you in various ways.

[brandnewstuff]

Mike Ware- Is an American Bad ASS thanks for all you do sir!

[WowJones]

He's Australian.

[Telemachus]

And 90% of the mainstream media suffers from ADHD. It's hard to imagine how our democracy can continue to function when ... OH MY GOD LOOK IT'S MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON

[dukesman]

Yeah Ware is f-ed up

[helmboy]

Michael Ware and Christiane Amanpour are not mouth pieces. They are genuine and deserve respect.

[Denemator]

Hmmm could it be that this 12% actually has a conscience and is now traumatized by having been bush and cheney mouthpieces?

[JoeBlough]

But Cheney said they volunteered.

[HonorJusticeTruth]

12% of people claiming to be journalists actually might qualify to be called journalists, too.

[Xav7]

I'm sure Ware has ptsd. He has seen it ALL.