Tag: Shell Shock
“Shell Shock” Wasn’t Just a Problem for the British Army During the First World War
Published Date: 11 June, 2014
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…
A Brief History of Wartime PTSD — From Ancient Greece to Afghanistan
Published Date: 17 September, 2012
“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…