title: The trouble with Martin O'Meara.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this article is to highlight the pitfalls of translating historical cases of wartime psychiatric trauma into modern post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined all available primary sources relating to the case of Martin O'Meara VC (1885-1935).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that O'Meara's symptoms are not consistent with a diagnosis of PTSD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is more likely that O'Meara developed a form of schizoaffective disorder, or long-lasting trauma-induced psychosis, after World War I.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Centre, NMHS MH, Mount Claremont, WA, and; Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Mount Claremont, WA, Australia Philippa.Martyr@health.wa.gov.au.
authors.forename: Philippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martyr
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Centre, NMHS MH, Mount Claremont, WA, and; Research Associate Professor, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Mount Claremont, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davison
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000266:history*; D047828:World War I
keywords: Western Australia; World War I; history; post-traumatic stress disorder