From Troy or Baghdad: Coming home from war

World War I

The first time the term shell shock is used as a diagnosis of PTSD. The nature of the warfare, with soldiers close to guns pounding out artillery on both sides of barbed wire in trench warfare was thought to disrupt neuronal connections.

(Lloyd Brown held medals he received for his service in World War I, AP Photo/The Washington Post, Sarah L. Voisin/ File 2005)

	World War I The first time the term shell shock is used as a diagnosis of PTSD. The nature of the warfare, with soldiers close to guns pounding out artillery on both sides of barbed wire in trench warfare was thought to disrupt neuronal connections. (Lloyd Brown held medals he received for his service in World War I, AP Photo/The Washington Post, Sarah L. Voisin/ File 2005)
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