I asked my sources what they've found genuinely helpful—or what they hoped you might find helpful, too. Here's a curated sampling of what they shared.
Immunology Of Stress: A Review Article
Physical Health Problems After Single Trauma Exposure: When Stress Takes Root In The Body
Disentangling The Links Between Psychosocial Stress And Cardiovascular Disease
Physiological Biomarkers Of Chronic Stress: A Systematic Review
Stress Effects On The Body: A Review
The Impact Of Stress On Body Function: A Review
Brain–Body Responses To Chronic Stress: A Brief Review
News Journalists And Postruamatic Stress Disorder: A Review Of Literature
Post-Traumatic Mental And Physical Consequences Of Frontline Reporting In The Mena Region
Trauma-Informed Journalism: What It Is, Why It's Important
Witnessing Images Of Extreme Violence: A Psychological Study Of Journalists In The Newsroom
Uncovering An Overlooked Mental Health Crisis Affecting American Journalists
Unseen Scars Of Childhood Trauma
Journalists Need More Help Than Ever Coping With Work Trauma
The Emotional Toll On Journalists Covering The Refugee Crisis
Online Harassment Of Journalists Is A Growing Problem
Three Frames: 'It Wasn't A Calculated Thing. I Wanted To Record It
Capturing An Emotion With Empathy
A Passionate Eye: Seeking The Human Condition In A War Zone
War Photographer Don Mccullin On Risk, War And Guilt
A Lifelong Focus: Photographer Santiago Lyon's Forced Resilience
In Exposing Organized Crime In Paraguay, Journalist Candido Figueredo Ruiz Became A Target Himself
Trauma Stewardship – Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky
Dangerous Lives: War And the Men and Women Who Report It – Anthony Feinstein
Journalists Under Fire: The Psychological Hazards of War Reporting – Anthony Feinstein
Shooting War: 18 Profiles of Conflict Photographers – Anthony Feinstein
Moral Courage – Anthony Feinstein
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers – Robert Sapolsky
A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of The Human Stress Response – George Everly Jr. & Jeffrey Lating Springer
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War – Lynsey Addario
Trauma And Recovery – Judith Herman
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving – Pete Walker
In An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness – Peter Levine
The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment – Babette Rothschild
The Choice: Even In Hell, Hope Can Flower – Edith Eger
Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust – Viktor Frankl
The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD – Fergal Keane
The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – David Morris
Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story – Mac Mcclelland
Aftershock: The Untold Story of Surviving Peace – Matthew Green
The Things They Carried – Tim O'brien
The Sorrow of War—Bao Ninh
Shooting Ghosts. A U.S. Marine, A Combat Photographer, And Their Journey Back from War – Thomas J. Brennan and Finbarr O'Reilly.
Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers – Nancy Sherman
War And the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Edward Tick
What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars – David Wood
Achilles In Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character – Jonathan Shay
The Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News – Tamara Cherry
Line In the Sand – Dean Yates
Stephanie Foo – What My Bones Know
The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel Van Der Kolk
Under Fire. Journalists In Combat – The Psychological Costs Of Covering War (2011)
A Quiet Courage. Afghan Journalists In A Time Of Terror (2021)
Shooting War (2022)
Apa Guidelines For Working With Adults With Complex Trauma Histories
Canadian News Industry Peer Support
Journalism Education And Trauma Research Group
Resources From The Columbia Journalism School
Global Center For Journalism And Trauma
Committee To Protect Journalists
ACOS Alliance (A Culture Of Safety)
Journalist Trauma Support Network
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