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.

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Wikipedia

Is shell shock/battle fatigue/PTSD a relatively modern condition

Combat stress reaction - Wikipedia

History of PTSD and Trauma Diagnoses - Shell shock to the DSM

A Brief History About PTSD, How It's Recognition has Transformed

The unseen wounds of war < Yale School of Medicine

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

What World War I taught us about PTSD

History of PTSD and Trauma Diagnoses - Shell shock to the DSM

Post-traumatic stress disorder after World War II - Wikipedia