Post-Vietnam stress disorder: a metaphor for current and past life events.
Delayed posttraumatic stress reactions are often triggered by events that echo the original trauma. It is not uncommon, however, for these delayed reactions to represent a metaphor for other current or past life events. A case is presented that illustrates the diagnostic and therapeutic significance of understanding these reactions as a metaphor.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam