Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

L.A. Unified hopes $1.4-million award brings healing in girl's assault

2013-05-23 08:49:00

Los Angeles school officials say they hope a fourth-grade special needs student and her family can complete the healing process now that a jury has awarded her $1.4 million after she was sexually assaulted five times by a male classmate. Santa Monica...

Hospital didn't report alleged sexual contact with patient, documents say

2013-05-23 22:50:00

Aurora Las Encinas Hospital had evidence that a staff member had “inappropriate sexual contact” with a male patient and yet the facility failed to report the incident to county mental health officials, according to court documents. Los...

Jury awards $1.4 million to girl sexually abused by classmate

2013-05-22 19:07:00

Jurors awarded an elementary school special needs student $1.4 million after she was sexually assaulted five times by a male classmate during an after-school program in Chatsworth. Santa Monica jurors made the decision Tuesday after an eight-day trial...

LAUSD must pay $1.4 million to girl sexually abused by classmate

2013-05-22 13:52:00

Jurors say the LAUSD must pay a fourth-grade special needs student $1.4 million after she was sexually assaulted five times by a male classmate during an after-school program in Chatsworth. Santa Monica jurors made the decision Tuesday after an eight-...

The key to extinguishing memories: Remembering to forget

2013-05-20 17:15:00

All psychotherapists -- and most criminal attorneys -- know that memories are fragile things. Once a seemingly well-entrenched memory for a given event -- what psychologists call a declarative memory -- is taken out for inspection, it is subject to...

Review: 'Dying City' is a mesmerizing look at the battles within

2013-05-21 04:30:00

There are many ways of being a political playwright. Christopher Shinn's approach, centered on characters rather than on ideologies, is one that will never go out of style. Illuminating large-scale public concerns through the microscopic examination...

Review: 'Free the Mind' documentary finds hope in meditation

2013-05-16 18:00:00

There's something healing about simply watching "Free the Mind," Danish filmmaker Phie Ambo's gentle, compassionate documentary spotlighting the use of such drug-free options as meditation and mindfulness to treat anxiety and trauma. Writer-director...

Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?

2013-05-16 06:00:00

The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...

Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema

2013-05-15 05:00:00

— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...

Jodi Arias convicted of first-degree murder

2013-05-08 14:15:00

PHOENIX — Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the gruesome killing of her onetime boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial that captured headlines with lurid tales of sex, lies, religion and a salacious relationship...

Widow of "American Sniper" speaks at NRA convention

2013-05-03 19:38:00

HOUSTON -- The widow of slain former military sniper Chris Kyle made a surprise appearance at the annual National Rifle Assn. convention on Friday, addressing a packed auditorium of hundreds. Taya Kyle, 38, a slim figure with long brown hair, appeared...

Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation

2013-05-11 18:10:00

Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...

Behind John Otte is a picture of him receiving his second Purple Heart. The Vietnam veteran gets $1,900 a month for post-traumatic stress disorder and diabetes, and he has applied for full disability benefits; that filing has been pending since 2010.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Ric Ryan takes every other Tuesday off from walking and drives 35 miles to the veterans clinic in Sonora for treatment of what he now knows is post-traumatic stress disorder.

2013-03-25 15:21:00

Ric Ryan is greeted by Aja Verburg in front of the Murphys Hotel. When he began walking, the Vietnam veteran didn't know he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder -- or at least didn't know that was what it was called.

2013-03-25 00:00:00