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 SUPERNOVA MUSIC festival survivor Bar at a healing retreat organized by the nonprofit Tribe of Nova Foundation to help survivors of the festival with their rehabilitation.

The Tribe of Nova Foundation works to help festival survivors recover

 New organization supports Israel's frontline workers post Oct. 7th

Trauma into resilience: New org. supports Israel's frontline workers post-Oct. 7

 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

 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

 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
 The area of ​​the Nova party where hundreds of Israelis were killed and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists who infiltrated to Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, photo taken on October 12, 2023.

Nova massacre survivors who took MDMA show fewer PTSD symptoms, study finds

Sad teen (illustrative)

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

 Herzog Medical Center director-general Dr. Jacob 'Kobi' Haviv at the geriatric wards

From maternity wards to maturing adults: An in-depth look at Herzog Medical Center

 Four-legged friends provide support at Rambam Health Care Campus

Dogs can be trained to detect PTSD with their noses

Elderly Israelis sit in a designated protected space in a senior citizens home in Jerusalem, June 2, 2009, as a siren is sounded during a nationwide civil defense drill simulating a rocket attack.

Impressive resilience seen among older Israelis amid war times despite dwindling resources

An IDF soldier sits on a beach in Tel Aviv

Understanding mechanism of PTSD could speed diagnosis, help repair and reverse

 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
 psychedelic mushrooms (illustrative)

Medical benefits of psychedelic mushrooms identified by Israeli researchers

 A yoga circle in the Balance complex at the Kfar Hamaccabiah Balance Complex.

How yoga is helping Israelis heal from the October 7 massacre

By DANIEL BEN-TAL
Immersed in blood and identifying every extreme cruelty, yet they go home. ZAKA personnel clear bodies during the war.

In the wake of October 7 massacre, ZAKA volunteers grapple with trauma

By Tzvi Hassid
 Tired pensive military man feeling worry and despair overhead view. Psychological trauma and PTSD treatment at therapy session. Tired pensive military man feeling worry and despair overhead view

Tel Aviv University develops personalized self-treatment to prevent development of PTSD

Artificial intelligence (Ilustrative)

Israeli AI start-up Mitziti supports PTSD victims with new technology

By YUVAL BAGNO
 ‘WE MUST ask how our nation can recover when trauma is so prevalent, and how we can provide the necessary support,’ says the writer.

Israel's mental health infrastructure must be fortified to assist those treating trauma

By MARK SABAG