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APPRECIATE THE beauty of each day: Buttercup field, April 1.

Perceived age number: How old do you feel you are?

By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023.

IDF forms committee to honor hostages and civilians in combat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit at the women's MCI drill, October 12, 2021.

Health Ministry searching for candidates for the position of Suicide Registrar

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

INNOVATION EXPERTS visit Kibbutz Magen, near the Gaza Strip. (20/4/2024)

Crisis as a catalyst, will Oct. 7 reshape the Israeli tech ecosystem?

By BAR PEREG , ALINA SHKOLNIKOV SHVARTSMAN

Team Mordy in action at the Miami Marathon.

Survivors stand against sexual abuse in NYC's Orthodox community

By ELI MANDELBAUM

Israelis who's family members are held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest during a Finance committee meeting, in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 22, 2024.

Israel's mental health crisis is not looming, it's already here

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Family and friends of Israeli soldier St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Zvika Lavi mourn at his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on December 12, 2023, Lavi succumbed to his wounds last night after being wounded fighting in the Gaza Strip.

Defense ministry: 7,209 wounded, 2,111 with emotional harm

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Watching sports is good for your brain (17/4/2024)

Watching sports boosts well-being, offering positive psychological and neurophysiological benefits

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Survivors of the Nova festival massacre speak at a debate at the Knesset. April 16, 2024.

Nova survivors tell Knesset health committee: We are not getting enough treatment

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SGT. GAYA ZUBERY, a paramedic in the 188th Armored Brigade who was shot and seriously wounded while treating wounded soldiers in Gaza, undergoes rehabilitation at Sheba Medical Center.

Charting a path forward for mental health care in the wake of war

By YOEL HAR-EVEN

Many Israeli healthcare professionals who have been treating trauma are themselves traumatized

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

SHIFT TO self-orientation.

Co-dependency: Why can't I stop putting others before myself?

By DR. MIKE GROPPER

Sad teen (illustrative)

Trauma support requests surged in 2023, many for October 7 survivors and war victims

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MICHAEL AT home with his daughter.

From battle to home: An IDF reservist back from Gaza adjusts to family life

By ANDREA SAMUELS

People crying and hugging with the Israeli flag in the background

ERAN: Volume of calls from traumatized Israelis increased drastically since Oct. 7

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

The writer suggests that 'stepping back from the screen and taking a mental health break can be the difference between finding clarity and falling prey to the toxic cycle of online negativity and polarization."

You don't need to be an online warrior - opinion

By EFRAT VULFSONS

People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

Survey shows deterioration of psychological well being of evacuees in Israel

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

A statue commemorates New York politician Jacob Leisler, who in 1689 purchased land for 1,675 pounds for a French Huguenot settlement north of Manhattan to be called New Rochelle.

'The Best Minds' examines mental illness and deinstitutionalization

By HOWARD BLAS