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(Not exact date but years are correct for all)
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Swiss Physicians identify ‘Nostalgia’
Swiss Physicians identify ‘Nostalgia’ -
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Timespan Of PTSD
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Dominique Jean Larrey describes the disorder as having three stages
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U.S. military physicians document the stresses of Civil War soldiers threw 1865
U.S. military physicians document the stresses of Civil War soldiers -
U.S. military physicians document the stresses of Civil War soldiers
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Battle shock’ is regarded as a legitimate medical condition by the Russian Army
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Distress of soldiers is attributed to ‘shell shock’ during WWI 1917-1919
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Smith and Pear advocate for the term ‘war strain’ and for treatment of soldiers’ emotional symptoms
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Terminology changes to ‘combat exhaustion’ during WWII, and U.S. Army adopts the official slogan, “Every man has his breaking point” (1939-1945)
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U.S. Army creates a training video for unspecialized medical officers for the treatment of combat exhaustion, including administration of sodium pentothal and suggestive therapy
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U.S. Army releases a documentary about causes and treatment of mental illness during WWII
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Each military battalion is provided with officers trained to treat psychological problems during the Vietnam war
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Chaim Shatan raises awareness of ‘post-Vietnam syndrome’ in the New York Times
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‘Posttraumatic stress disorder’ is added to DSM-III
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DSM-III-R drops requirement that stressors be outside the range of normal human experience
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Grey’s Anatomy introduces a character with combat-related PTSD