1. PTSD in Military and Civilian Life
David Morris is a former Marine infantry officer. From 2004 to 2007 he worked as a reporter in Iraq for Salon and the Virginia Quarterly Review. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Best American Nonrequired Reading and The Wall Street Journal. His most recent book, released in January 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, which describes his experiences as a reporter in Iraq and his subsequent struggles with post-traumatic stress. The book also examines the historical and cultural origins of PTSD going back to pre-historic man. The Times Literary Supplement said the book, "Conveys the mysteries of trauma in a way that is unsurpassed in the literature," adding that it is "the most important book published on the subject in this century." David Brooks, the New York Times columnist wrote that The Evil Hours "reminded me why I wanted to be a writer in the first place. It communicates the realities of PTSD, both to those who live with it and those who never have."
The book was also a New York Times “Editors Choice,” and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His other honors include the Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Staige Blackford Prize for Nonfiction awarded by the Virginia Quarterly Review. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from the University of California, Irvine as well as an MA in British Literature from San Diego State University.
He is currently working on a novel about snipers in Iraq based on his experiences as the Assistant Director of the First Marine Division Scout-Sniper School at Camp Pendleton, California. For the academic year, he was the Kagi Fellow in Literature and Medicine at UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute.
PTSD in Military and Civilian Life
David J. Morris
Visiting lectureship co-sponsored by
Center for History Of Medicine; Assembly Series;
Brown School; School of Law; and the Medical Staff
Association of Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Oct. 3 Assembly Series: Panel Discussion/Book Signing - 5:30 PM - Danforth Campus, Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310
Oct. 4 “PTSD: Current Concepts in Treatment” Clinical Panel Discussion - 8 AM - Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Clopton Auditorium
Oct th Historia Medica Lecture: “What We Talk About When We Talk About PTSD” - 4:30 PM - Medical Campus, North Medical Building, Moore Auditorium
David J. Morris is a former Marine infantry officer and author of The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder which describes his experiences as a reporter in Iraq and his struggles with post-traumatic stress. A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, the book also examines the historical and cultural origins of PTSD.
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