Discussion of Killing Appears to Help Combat Veterans Cope With Stress

Study Suggests Discussion of Killing to Help Veterans Cope With the Stress of War 02/13/10. The act of killing is as fundamental to war as oxygen is to fire. Yet it is also the one thing many combat veterans avoid discussing when they return home, whether out of shame, guilt or a deep fear of being misunderstood. But a new study of Iraq war veterans by researchers in San Francisco suggests that more discussion of killing may help veterans cope with an array of mental health problems stemming from war. NYT