Text size  Dec 10 2010  Video Feature  War's Ripple Effects:
Research Priorities  Understanding of the traumatic effects of
war has progressed significantly. In this selection from Dart's
Videos on Veterans series, leading researchers and clinicians
shed light on what needs further investigation.  This video was
produced by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma from
interviews conducted at "When Veterans Come Home," a conference
held in Atlanta in 2010, sponsored by Dart Center, the McCormick
Foundation and the Carter Center’s Mental Health Program. For
more interviews on this subject, see our Videos on Veterans.  We
know more than we ever did about combat, traumatic brain injury,
depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and all the other
diagnosable psychological effects of war. But leading
researchers say that there are still vast areas that need
research.  Jonathan Shay, a clinical psychiatrist and author of
two must-read books on the experience of veterans, wants
research that moves from the brain a