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window, vividly articulating the feeling ofbeing trapped behind a metaphorical glass wall expe- rienced by so many people with PTSD. N0b0dy can say for sure precisely how psycho- logical trauma might d am age structure s in the brain. One hypothesis is that the brain releases such a deluge Of stress chemicals when it per- ceives it is facing imminent death that certain brain cells die, causing a "blown-fuse" effect that leads tO chronic malfunction. Alterna- tively, researchers in the し S. are increasingly concerned about the apparent link between PTSD-Iike symptoms among veterans and hard- to-detect brain damage caused by blasts in Afghanistan and lraq. One 0f the major things that the neurosclence Of trauma has done IS make an invisible injury visible,' Lamus says. SO Often, traumatized ClientS come tO see us, and they have literally been told time after time, There's nothing wrong with you. lt's all in your head. Get over it. ' Getting validation that, Yes— there's something different in my brain, has been a huge advance. " whatever the precise cause, Lanius says her patients are Often relieved tO discover that they may be suffering from a very real—albeit microscopic—physical injury buried somewhere in the 86 billion neurons. So if the brain has been damaged, how best tO repair it? ln Canada, Schwarz, Corrigan and EIisa EIkin Cleary, an American psychotherapist, planned tO put CRM tO a scientific test. They would each undergo a brain scan before and after being led them through an hourlong ses- SIOII tO work on an upsetting episode 仕 om their lives. The resulting images would show whether the therapy had influenced the deeper areas 0f the brain governing strong emotlons. Cleary donned a surgical gown and shoe- coverings, entered the scanner chamber, climbed onto a slab extended from the round mouth of the masslve machine, then put on a headset con- taining 32 magnetic coils held in place with a box- shaped mask.When the slab retracted, she was lying face-up in the cylinder, illuminated by a faint NEWSWEEK 34 APRlL07, 2017

主 0 っ〇工 AradicaItherapy may healthe deepestlayers 0f the brain—and transform the way we treat the often untreatable victims of PTSD PHOTOGRAPHS BY CRISTINA DE MIDDEL FOR NEWSWEEK

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BIG SI-I(YI*S Gather Ye Rosebuds をを第 USA Lake Elsinore, CaIifornia—Julia Lu, 5 , left, and Amy Liu, 5 , walk through a mas- sive spring wildflower bloom on March 14. Such sp ectacul ar wildflower displays in California's deserts were caused by the wet winter, and the heavy rains raised hopes for an end tO the state's historic drought. LUCY NICHOLSON

BIG SI-I()TS い第よをに ISRAEL Spray fo 「 Peace Jerusalem—Police fire a water cannon at an uItra-Orthodox Jew- ish protester on March 15. MOSt lsraelis are required tO serve in the military, but many uItra-Orthodox Jews are granted exemp- tions if they can prove they 're studying at a seminary. A small faction ofHaredim, as they're known, refuse to Offer that proof. Among them is Yisrael Meir ToIe- dano, whom police arrested in March for not showing up at a military recruitment OfflCe, and hiS arrest sparked protests among the ultra- Orthodox. SecuIar Jews, however, have little sympathy for the cause, and the exemp- tions one Of the country s most polarizing issues. ODED BALILTY

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BIG SH()TS IRAQ A Twist of CaIiphate Mosul, lraq— lraqi federal police offcers assess the damage after a sui- cide bomber from the lslamic State militant group attacked them with a bulldozer in the city on March 15 , killing four people and injuring 12. Already in control Of the eastern halfof the city, lraqi forces are making their way west through the Old City, home ofMosuI's al-Nuri mosque, where three years ago ISIS announced its caliphate. A black ISIS flag still hangs from one Ofthe mosque s mmarets, but it may not be there for long. LAURENT VAN DER STOCKT 洋朝を気 叫第に

BIG SI-I(YIÄS 」 APAN Squat Tea m Oga, Japan— Elementary school students crouch during an emergency drill in northern Japan on March 17. lt was the first time the Japa- nese government has held such exercnses, which are designed to simulate the reaction to a North Korean bal- listic missile attack. The drills coincided with a visit to the re- gion by U. S. Secretary ofState Rex Tillerson, 、Ⅳ hO said America S policy of"strategic patience ” with North Korea had ended and that all options are on the table to halt pyongyang s nuclear ßveapons program ・ JUN HIRATA