Shell-shock went from being considered a legitimate physical injury to being a sign of weakness, of both the battalion and the soldiers within it. One historian estimates at least 20 percent of men ...

Mental health trauma has always been a part of war. When 'shell-shock' was first diagnosed, patients were given shocks and other harsh treatments to get them to 'snap out of it.' We still may not ...

Shell shock is a term originally coined in 1915 by Charles Myers to describe soldiers who were involuntarily shivering, crying, fearful, and had constant intrusions of memory. It is not a term used in ...

Long before PTSD was officially recognized, soldiers were already suffering severe psychological trauma from war. Conditions ...