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
Recommended Citation
Lee, Susanna O., "Are We In the Clear? : A History of Military Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from the Civil War until the Wars on Terror" (2016). Graduate Theses. 30.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/graduatetheses/30
