ARTICLE: "PTSD EXPERT SEEKS TO IMPROVE TREATMENTS FOR COMBAT VETERANS"
October 28, 2025
PTSD is a common psychological disorder arising from exposure to trauma, and one that is significantly more difficult to treat, particularly in veterans, than other common disorders such as anxiety and depression. Research suggests military and veteran populations experience more modest treatment outcomes than civilians, with approximately two-thirds requiring additional forms of treatment.
Bar-Haim seeks to close this gap by improving treatment for PTSD patients, starting with the new center’s patients, many of whom are combat veterans whose sustained exposure to trauma puts them at higher risk of developing PTSD.
Bar-Haim’s visiting professorship is sponsored by the Israel Innovation Project, whose goals include deepening and expanding academic and scientific partnerships between Northwestern and Israeli institutions of higher learning. This quarter Bar Haim is teaching a course on trauma and recovery that views trauma through the lenses of psychology, neuroscience and clinical practice to understand its effects on memory, emotion and behavior, as well as current approaches to treatment.
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