New Name for PTSD Could Mean Less Stigma

By Greg Jaffe / The Washington Post. Posted on May 7, 2012

It has been called shell shock, battle fatigue, soldier’s heart and, most recently, post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

Now, military officers and psychiatrists are embroiled in a heated debate over whether to change the name of a condition as old as combat.

The potential new moniker: post traumatic stress injury.

Read more about why dropping the word “disorder” is gaining attention 

Subscribe to American Homecomings News

Enter your email address (we promise we won't use it for anything other than this):

Related

About Lee Ann Colacioppo

I am the Senior Editor/News at the Denver Post. I have been at The Post sincd 1999 in a variety of positions, including city editor and investigations editor. I previously worked at The Des Moines Register, Greenville, S.C., News and Kingsport, Tenn., Times-News. I'am a Denver native and graduate of Drake University in Des Moines. View all posts by Lee Ann Colacioppo →
This entry was posted in News.   |   Bookmark the permalink.

Join the conversation