PTSD described in many ways

This article in th Yuma Sun is a quick look at PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, has been described in a number of different ways ranging from hysteria to trauma to shell shock to exhaustion. Shakespeare even coined a term for PTSD in King Henry IV, calling it the "War sequelae."

  However, it was not until the ’80s with the publication of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III" that the term post- traumatic stress disorder appeared.

  PTSD not only presents a number of different symptoms, but it also evokes a number of different responses. Gen. Patton slapped a soldier suffering from battle fatigue in a hospital ward during World War II. A television "M*A*S*H" character, Maj. Frank Burns, called them "slug nutties." A family experiences heartbreak when one of its members becomes more and more withdrawn and behaves in an alien manner.

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