Shell shocked: Now it's called ... it was called shell shock. Years later, Vietnam vets were often told to repress memories rather than deal with them. Since the 1980s, ... war veterans, victims ...

How PTSD went from ‘shell-shock’ to a recognized medical diagnosis. ... By then, Vietnam veterans had been returning home for years, and many were beset by emotional numbness, ...

It is tempting to view shell shock as the unambiguous turning point in psychiatry’s history, popularising the idea that unconscious processes might produce symptoms that operate separately from ...

YORK, Maine — Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, has become a well-known term to describe anxiety and other symptoms associated with combat for veterans of Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam.

Veterans of World War I and II and Korea came home “shell-shocked”. Vietnam veterans struggled not only with their own cognitive issues but also the scorn of those who opposed the war.

The 78-year-old Vietnam veteran lost his life to lung disease, caused by Agent Orange. ... Veterans before and after Sarge paid their respects. "With honor, respect and integrity.

Courtesy/Jeremy P. Ämick Born in 1895 and raised in Kansas City, Rulif Martin was attending the University of Missouri when he was deployed overseas in World War I. Suffering from “shell shock ...