Mental Health

In the past, we were used to thinking of trauma as an event with a beginning, middle, and end. The ongoing war and the current tension surrounding Iran break this sequence.

Since Boone’s death was just over two weeks after his reserve service officially ended, the Defense Ministry does not recognize him as a fallen soldier under existing criteria.

Rabbi Leo Dee does not write about trauma from a theoretical distance, nor is the book solely a memoir. Instead, he combines his own experience within a broader human framework.

The Alon Center helps Israeli reservists navigate life after combat by providing support for the soldiers and their families.

'I am grateful, as always, to all of my readers and ask everyone to include my three-year-old grandson Yishai ben Shayna Miriam in your prayers. Together we all can and will make a difference.'

An innovative surgical technique for patients with severe, treatment-resistant OCD has been tried for the first time in Israel at Rambam Hospital. It opens a new therapeutic option in extreme cases.

Sometimes we avoid information, and sometimes we deliberately seek painful information. Both avoiding useful and seeking painful information help manage emotional readiness and needs.

Under the proposal, discharged soldiers and reservists who took their own lives as a result of combat stress or other psychological harm incurred during service would be eligible for military burial.

Among IDF soldiers, the picture is even more severe, with 39% reporting a need for mental health support, 26% expressing concern about depression, and 48% reporting sleep disturbances.

Security alerted police, who arrived quickly, arrested the suspect, and returned the infant to the family unharmed.