How PTSD went from 'shell-shock' to a recognized medical diagnosis

The symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder have been recorded for millennia, but it took more than a century for physicians to classify it as a disorder with a specific treatment.

History of PTSD in Veterans: Civil War to DSM-5

What's in a name? Yale researchers track PTSD's many identities

How PTSD went from 'shell-shock' to a recognized medical diagnosis

Psychological Wounds of Conflict: The Impact of World War One

From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the American Civil War

PTSD and Shell Shock

etymology - What causes the euphemisation of medical terms

How PTSD went from 'shell-shock' to a recognized medical diagnosis

Dropping the Disorder in PTSD - R. Tyson Smith, Owen Whooley, 2015

How Veterans Created PTSD - JSTOR Daily

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Private GP and Wellness Clinic

What if PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological? - The New York Times

Trench Conditions - “Shellshock”