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 MICHAEL AT home with his daughter.

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

People crying and hugging with the Israeli flag in the background

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

 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

 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
Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha resident Adi Peri began volunteering as soon as she was evacuated to Eilat.

Naturopathy expert and evacuee treats other October 7 survivors

 ENTREPRENEUR OLESSIA KANTOR (left) sits with Sasha Schwartz and Karina Weiner, the therapists at the Sasha Schwartz Center. (Maxim Polak)

The Fire Heart Project helps survivors of October 7

By Shiran Peretz
 SHOPPERS LOOK at costumes on display at a shop in Tel Aviv, ahead of Purim. It isn’t the time for elaborate gatherings, parties or luxury vacations. Still, we can celebrate our redemptions of the past with the hope for redemption in the near future, says the writer.

The season of Joy and Happiness

By ALAN FREISHTAT
Depression (illustrative)

Social worker appreciation day: Workers want funding, not ‘thank you’s

  The surfing group of reservists and discharged reservists

Kfar Saba supports reservists: Surfing course and mental health care

By Walla!
 ADHD illustrative

New study links ADHD to higher risk of early death

Bristol University from Cabot Tower

New research shows that people can learn to be happy, but it is hard work

 Some of Israel’s foremost trauma experts at Jerusalem's Hebrew University are designing new clinical approaches and training therapists to deal with the unprecedented traumas of Oct. 7, 2023, and its aftermath.

Hebrew University launches mental health trauma center spurred by Oct. 7

By Elana Sztokman/JTA
 David (Dosh) (R) and Keren (Jonam) (L), medical clowns working at the Home Front Rehabilitation Center.

Making soldiers smile: The reservists who make it their mission to help mental recovery

 An illustrative picture of money.

Health taxes are to be reflected by your income: higher income means higher health taxes