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Elite Sports Are Leaving Clues to Firefighter Stress & Injuries
If you are an avid American sports fan, you know that professional athletes are often at a high risk of injury and you probably worry when one of your favorite team’s players falls victim whether or not they will weather the season and prevail. Have you stopped to consider though, how it is that these multi-million dollar players, with all the access to top of the line services, conditioning, and coaching staff still somehow manage to suffer from debilitating, often traumatic

Scotti Quam
Jul 15 min read


When They Pour Salt in the Wound: Moral Injury Becomes an Official Condition According to the APA
In September 2025, Harvard University in partnership with the American Psychological Association (APA) released that Moral Injury will now be officially recognized as a condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR).
If you’re not a social science junkie like me, perhaps this sounds like a decent advancement, or you’re wondering WTH moral injury even is? or you’re asking yourself, that’s nice, but why should I care?
Let me ask you this: do

Scotti Quam
Apr 294 min read


Burnout vs. PTSD in First Response Fields
Similar, but NOT the same. How breaking the mental health stigma requires recognizing PTSD symptoms do not always correspond to a PTSD diagnosis.

Scotti Quam
Apr 292 min read
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