title: Trauma and war. A fragment of an analysis with a Vietnam veteran.
abstract: The author examines the impact of the catastrophic trauma of war on symptom formation and development through the detailed, clinical account of a psychoanalysis with a Vietnam veteran. Theoretical dilemmas regarding adult trauma are explicated and a reformulated theory of etiology is proposed.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare