Date of Award

5-2016

Document Type

Thesis

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Degree Program

History

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Thesis Advisor

Dr. Eddie Lee

Committee Member

Dr. Jason Silverman

Committee Member

Dr. Jerome Reel

Keywords

PTSD, Military, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, War

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder is known as a common element of warfare. However, it has only gained significance during the last century. The Civil War was the first time that the military began to record soldiers who were diagnosed with “nostalgia.” With every conflict that followed, the name of the disorder changed. Along with changing the name, new treatments were implemented.

The goals of the paper are to show depictions of the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder beginning with the Civil War until the present Afghan/Iraqi conflicts and how it was dealt with by military organizations. This paper will also cover how changes in society and advancements in fighting techniques have affected post-traumatic stress disorder

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