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POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER How t he V i e t nam Wa r changed t he ps ycho l og i ca l wo r l d

Ov e r v i ew o f PTSD

WHAT IS PTSD A psychiatric disorder that a person may develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event.

WHO I T AFFECTS

VIETNAM WAR The Vietnam War caused many soldiers to suffer from PTSD. Vietnam Veterans are still affected up until this day.

PTSD can affect anyone. Those who suffer from PTSD may experience symptoms such as reliving the trauma, emotional numbness, and increased arousal.

WHAT IS PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that a person may develop who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic, stressful, and violent event. These events can include: natural disasters, combat/war, terrorist attacks, physical/mentally abused victims, rape, or an serious accident. PTSD was once called "shell shock" or "combat fatigue". It wasn't until 1980 when the American Psychiatric Association added PTSD into the The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, also known as the DSM (the bible in psychology).