How PTSD went from 'shell-shock' to a recognized medical diagnosis

The symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder have been recorded for millennia, but it took more than a century for physicians to classify it as a disorder with a specific treatment.

Is shell shock/battle fatigue/PTSD a relatively modern condition

The Changing Face of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma

What World War I taught us about PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Wikipedia

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the American Civil War

Our Heroes Aren't Cowards: The Evolution of Shell Shock to PTSD

From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Making the Diagnosis