Chris Frueh

Chris Frueh, PhD is a professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii. He has over thirty years of professional experience working with military veterans, servicemembers, special operators, private defense contractors, and firefighters; and has conducted clinical trials, epidemiology, historical, and neuroscience research. He has co-authored over 300 scientific publications. He was previously a professor of psychiatry at Medical University of South Carolina and Baylor College of Medicine.

He devotes effort to the SEAL Future Foundation, HunterSeven Foundation, Boulder Crest Foundation, Military Special Operations Family Collaborative, The Mission Within, VETS, Inc., Special Operations Association of America, and to the military special operations and responder communities in general.

He is the author of “Operator Syndrome” (Ballast Books; 2024); has published commentaries in the National Review, Huffington Post, New York Times, Time, Men’s Journal, and Special Operation Association of America; and has been quoted or cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Economist, Washington Post, Scientific American, New York Times, Stars and Stripes, USA Today, Men’s Health, Los Angeles Times, Reuter, Associated Press, and NBC News, among others.