Tag: PTSD
“Shell Shock” Wasn’t Just a Problem for the British Army During the First World War
By Suzie Grogan Millions of men worldwide (and indeed many women too) suffered psychological damage caused by their experiences in the First World War. In Great Britain, the official number of those treated for ‘shell…
‘Let There Be Light’ — The Wartime PTSD Film the U.S. Army Didn’t Want You to See
“Huston’s wish was to let America see and understand the fragile emotional state of many returning vets.” U.S. ARMY DOCTORS in the Second World War didn’t use the term “post-traumatic stress disorder,” but they knew…
A Brief History of Wartime PTSD — From Ancient Greece to Afghanistan
“For centuries, even millennia, eye-witnesses of conflict have suffered from PTSD. Consider these early accounts.” WHILE THE TERM post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) wasn’t officially coined until 1980, psychologists, both civilian and military, have long been aware of the…
