Posted on Aug 20, 2017
From Shell-Shock To PTSD: A Century Of Invisible War Trauma
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Good read Col Dona Marie Iversen 1LT Sandy Annala Col Rebecca Lorraine Maj Kim Patterson GySgt John Olson Maj Marty Hogan GySgt John O'Donnell COL Mikel J. Burroughs SSG Robert Webster SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas LTC Stephen F. Sgt David G Duchesneau CPT Jack Durish
From Shell-Shock To PTSD: A Century Of Invisible War Trauma
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Thanks for sharing PO1 Tony Holland. Your post reminded me for some reason about shock therapy which has been used to treat mental illness in our nation's history.
Long before WWI battle fatigue was described in the Crimean War and our own Civil War to name tow conflicts.
Battle fatigue and shell shock were pejorative terms to describe the psychological impact of the horror of war on those whose minds shattered by what the saw, felt, heard, smelled and felt.
Now the enveloping term PTSD is used to describe the impact range of traumatic shock on human beings in warfare and non-warfare calamities. PTSD ranges from mild and episodic to severe and thoroughly debilitating.
Long before WWI battle fatigue was described in the Crimean War and our own Civil War to name tow conflicts.
Battle fatigue and shell shock were pejorative terms to describe the psychological impact of the horror of war on those whose minds shattered by what the saw, felt, heard, smelled and felt.
Now the enveloping term PTSD is used to describe the impact range of traumatic shock on human beings in warfare and non-warfare calamities. PTSD ranges from mild and episodic to severe and thoroughly debilitating.
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SFC George Sease
The article is good. However I still do not trust the VA for anything. After the way they treated me after Desert Storm/Desert Shield I only go to them when I have to. Otherwise I use my own doctors.
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LTC Stephen F.
SFC George Sease - I am reposting my response to another VBA discussion.
To be honest I would not be surprised if the bureaucratic VBA which is dysfunctional in far too many ways would take another step towards shooting the themselves in the foot.
I am opposed to outsourcing the medical treatment capabilities of the VA.
However outsourcing the VBA and firing every single VBA bureaucrat except those who could show cause why they should be retained. I would love to testify against the VBA since those myopic people have caused me and my family far too much problems.
To be honest I would not be surprised if the bureaucratic VBA which is dysfunctional in far too many ways would take another step towards shooting the themselves in the foot.
I am opposed to outsourcing the medical treatment capabilities of the VA.
However outsourcing the VBA and firing every single VBA bureaucrat except those who could show cause why they should be retained. I would love to testify against the VBA since those myopic people have caused me and my family far too much problems.
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THis is what they said my Father had after stepping on a Bouncing Betty in Korea PO1 Tony Holland , the but the VA finally told him he had PTSD.
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PO1 Tony Holland
Thanks, I didn't know that the Bouncing Betty pre-dated Vietnam. Glad he is finally getting their help.
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It is a good read. I'm glad to know there is a treatment decision section on the National Center for PTSD website. Thanks!!
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