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29 Dev. Mental Health L. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/dvmnhlt29 and id is 1 raw text is: DEVELOPMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH LAW The Institute of Law, Psychiatry & Public Policy - The University of Virginia Volume 29, Number 1 January 2010 To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the inclusion of the diagnosis of PTSD in the DSM-III, this issue is devoted to emerging questions associated with combat-related PTSD.-Editor To Hell and Back:* Evolution of Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder By F. Don Nidiffer** and Spencer Leach*** It's my nerves. I can hear the shells come over but I can't hear them burst. Abstract Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the psychiatric diagnosis now given to a set of reactive symptoms that result from experiencing a traumatic event or a series of such events. This Article will focus on the history of combat-related PTSD and the * Taken from the 1955 movie To Hell and Back, which, in turn, was based on a 1949 autobiography of the same name written by Audie Murphy, the most decorated American veteran of World War II, describing his experiences in the U.S. Army. ** Ph.D., ABMPP, CBIST; University of Virginia Medical Center; Executive Director, Virginia NeuroCare; Program Manager and Co-Principal Investigator, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center; MENTOR ABI. The author thanks Prof. Jeffrey T. Barth, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, for his insightful review of an earlier draft version of this Article, and Prof. Thomas L. Hafemeister, J.D., Ph.D., for his helpful suggestions and editing of this Article. Correspondence may be addressed to fdn@virginia.edu. *** J.D. anticipated 2011 from the University of Virginia School of Law. 1Pvt. Charles H. Kuhl. Also in This Issue: Mary Tramontin, Exit Wounds: Current Issues Pertaining to Combat-Related PTSD Related to the Legal System ............. 23 Peter W. Tuerk, Maria Steenkamp, & Sheila A. M. Rauch, Combat- Related PTSD: Scope of the Current Problem, Understanding Effective Treatment, and Barriers to Care ................... 49 Daniel Burgess, Nicole Stockey, & Kara Coen, Reviving the Vietnam Defense: Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder and Criminal Responsibility in a Post-lraq/Afghanistan World .. 59 emotional and behavioral responses to being in a war zone. The history of this diagnosis will be reviewed in conjunction with related contemporary political, legal, and social developments to better understand the unique aspects of this diagnosis. The behaviors of

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