PTSD: Not Just for Veterans
An estimated 20 percent of American adults suffer from post-traumatic stress at some point in their lives, including survivors of everything from car crashes to hurricanes to sexual assault. With a mix of statistics and personal histories-her own and others'-Mother Jones reporter Mac McClelland will describe the manifestations of trauma in our society, talk about how we as a culture cope with PTSD and explore what our national ignorance of this widespread condition costs.Mac is the award-winning human rights reporter at Mother Jones magazine.
Bio: Mac McClelland is the award-winning human rights reporter at Mother Jones magazine. She has reported from locations including Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Micronesia, Burma, New Orleans, and Bhutan and commented for PBS, NPR, MSNBC and BBC. Her work has appeared in outlets including Mother Jones, The Nation, GQ South Africa, The Atlantic Online, The Daily Beast, Orion, and Hustler; her reporting has been written about in publications from Newsweek to The Washington Post.