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PTSD : diagnosis and identity in post-empire America /

PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America is a historical and cultural study of war-trauma diagnoses dating from Shell Shock in WWI, through its reformulation as PTSD in the post-Vietnam War years, and then to its enhancement with traumatic brain injury in the twenty-first century. In the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lembcke, Jerry, 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Subjects:
Post-traumatic stress disorder > United States.
Veterans > Diseases > United States.
War > Psychological aspects.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > diagnosis.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > psychology.
Combat Disorders > diagnosis.
Combat Disorders > psychology.
Veterans > psychology.
United States.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America is a historical and cultural study of war-trauma diagnoses dating from Shell Shock in WWI, through its reformulation as PTSD in the post-Vietnam War years, and then to its enhancement with traumatic brain injury in the twenty-first century. In the context of American defeats in war, PTSD has morphed from a socially-constructed diagnostic category into a political and cultural trope with implications for American masculinity and national identity.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Description based on opening page (viewed Nov 28, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739186251 (electronic bk.)
0739186256 (electronic bk.)
1306206111
9781306206112