Evolution away from shell-shock The next wave of the study of trauma came when the Second World War saw another influx of soldiers dealing with similar symptoms. It was Abram Kardiner, a clinician ...

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 ...

PLATTSBURGH — Several months into World War I, newspapers reported “Strange New Diseases Caused by Battle.” French army surgeons described “a peculiar mental condition,” called “hypnosis of battle.” ...