title: Post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans.
abstract: Post-traumatic stress disorder evolved from the concepts of shell shock and traumatic war neurosis. In Vietnam veterans, the disorder is associated with unemployment, marital discord, alcoholism and increased autonomic system response to perceived symbols of war trauma. A combination of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy is the recommended treatment.
authors.affiliation: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pary
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lippmann
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Turns
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Tobias
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare