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Monday March 7, 2005
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Virtually everyone has experienced some form of psychologically traumatic event, from a car crash to a mugging. Yet some people have great difficulty recovering from these experiences. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), first diagnosed among Vietnam veterans in 1980, effects a broad range of people from soldiers to victims of assault to journalists in war zones. We look at trauma's origins, treatments for PTSD, and what we're learning about human memory.
Dr. Robert Ursano, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Dr. Roger Pitman, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University
Mark Brayne, Director Europe, Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma; also a psychotherapist and former Foreign Correspondent for BBC and Reuters
Last week, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that bars capital punishment for those who commit crimes under the age of 18. What the ruling means for the nation's 72 people on death row and insight into the judicial decision.
Richard Wilson, director, International Human Rights Law Clinic and Professor of law, American University Washington College of Law
Louis Michael Seidman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Danny Boyle is a tough film director to pigeonhole, having made movies about everything from heroin addicts to zombies to hippy adventurers. Even his latest film, "Millions," is the unlikely marriage of a heist flick and children's movie. Kojo sits down with the director of "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later" to talk about his diverse career.
Danny Boyle, film director, "Millions"
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