About 'Mental Wellness in Wars'

A tip from three experienced therapists: Don’t over-inflate the importance of trauma. Recognize your clients’ resilience and encourage them to find support in their own communites.

In the popular imagination, the psychological toll of war is often reduced to a single clinical acronym: PTSD. We imagine the soldier returning home, haunted by flashbacks, or the civilian freezing at the sound of a car backfiring. But for those living in the grinding reality of long-term conflict and displacement, the struggle for mental wellness is far more complex—and the solutions are often surprisingly grassroots.