1. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-15-2007 #1 -- A SHOCK WAVE OF BRAIN INJURIES -- "We can save you. But you might not be what you were."nf041507-1.htm
... of World War I trench warfare: shellshock. The brain of a soldier exposed... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf041507-1.htm
... carries its own medical signature. The trench warfare of the First World War produced shellshock, while the Second World War's prolonged tours induced a numbing exhaustion known... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes MAR 06/newsflash03-19-2006-5.htm
...-traumatic stress disorder is also more common among veterans suffering from TBI. 'Shellshock' What used to be called "shellshock" has long been a combat hazard. The problem grew worse during the Vietnam... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAPR08/nf040808-9.htm
... as a failure to cope after a major shock. During World War II, it was known as 'shellshock.' About 300,000 soldiers suffer from depression or PTSD, according to the Rand report. In... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAY08/nf051208-4.htm
... first day in Vietnam was the start of the Tet Offensive." While military medicine techniques have advanced since the days forms of PTSD were referred to as "ShellShock" and "Battle Fatigue," the mitigation of the effects of combat on the mind still has a great deal of room for improvement. "We can... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAY08/nf052308-5.htm
... was diagnosed as having chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. P.T.S.D., which in earlier conflicts was known as battle fatigue or shellshock but is not exclusively war-related, has been an officially recognized medical condition since 1980, when it entered the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAY08/nf051408-5.htm
...'s ancient Greek epic poem the Iliad, when the protagonist Achilles hears about the death of his closest companion, Patroclus. Despite its various names -- shellshock, battle fatigue -- and the prospect of even better treatment in the future, it seems PTSD is likely to remain part and parcel of human conflict,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfsep08/nf092608-3.htm
... was only accepted as a psychological diagnosis in 1980. His doctors told the VA what Redding thought was obvious back then PTSD might have been called battle fatigue or shellshock, or even psychoneurosis, but troops still suffered from it. On Dec. 15, 2009, a Board of Veterans' Appeal judge ruled that the decision... http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfjul10/nf070410-1.htm
... are historic for modern day warfare. Many of the women wounded in the war undergo months of rehabilitation and face a second, psychological war. Also known as shellshock or combat fatigue, psychiatrists call it post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. The Department of Veterans Affairs is currently spending $5 million for what it calls... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes MAY 06/newsflash05-28-2006-11.htm
... to treat. Soon after the war, one VA doctor told Ed his "nervous condition" would pass. Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as "shellshock" or "combat fatique" before Vietnam, wasn't officially recognized until 1980. As recently as 2003, four out of five Vietnam veterans reported suffering... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes MAY 06/newsflash05-07-2006-7.htm
