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Development, Diagnosis And Treatment Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And The Vietnam Veteran Population, Bari S. Fisher
Development, Diagnosis And Treatment Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And The Vietnam Veteran Population, Bari S. Fisher
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Over the past 15 years, mental health professionals have seen an increasing number of Vietnam combat veterans suffering from stress disorders resulting from the trauma of combat and continued exposure to life threatening situations. Prior to 1980, professional repudiation of and hostility toward Vietnam veterans and toward a clinical reality of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was common while nondiagnosis and nontreatment was prevalent.