Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2011
Publication Title
Greece & Rome
Department
Classics
Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) made its first appearance in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980, partly as a result of the ongoing treatment of veterans from the Vietnam War. Although PTSD is not only or even primarily a disorder caused by combat, combat is a regular trigger and my chief concern in what follows. Therefore I will not be examining such evidence as exists for the psychological traumas of civilians in the ancient world who were exposed to violence, rape, enslavement, or the execution of family members in the context of conquest. My focus is on the soldier.
Volume
58
Issue
2
pp.
209-223
ISSN
0017-3835
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Citation
Melchior, Aislinn. "Caesar in Vietnam: Did Roman Soldiers Suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?" Greece and Rome. 58.2 (2011): 209-223. Print.