by Staff
So-called post-traumatic stress disorder emerged in the aftermath of
the Vietnam War, when veterans were having difficulties overcoming the
brutal events they had witnessed.
Three American psychiatrists coined the term PTSD and lobbied for its
inclusion in the 1980 edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
While the effects of war are devastating, psychiatrists use people’s
logical reactions to it to make money at the expense of their
vulnerability.
Some experts say that most of the soldiers suffering the effects of
participating in particularly dangerous missions were experiencing
battle fatigue, or in other words, exhaustion, not “mental illness.” MORE
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