(Herman 12, 28) Victims were psychologically inclined to mask and forget their awful experiences, and society at large preferred not to contemplate the subject of atrocity if it could be helped. ... The first doctors to recognize the problems caused by psychological trauma were Pierre Janet and Sigmund Freud in their psychoanalysis of hysterical woman. ... (The Century) Thus soldiers broke down into a mental disease which was then known as "shell shock" but is now categorized in the much broader disease called "posttraumatic stress disorder." ... It was also estimated that shell-shock ...

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Septimus Warren Smith and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. ... "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder General Information: The Nature of PTSD."" The National Centre for War-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD). ... Several psychological problems may develop when an individual experiences severe trauma, such as serving in a war. ... Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is "a serious psychological reaction that develops in some people following experience of overwhelmingly frightening or traumatic events- (NCPTSD). ...

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The United States Army would soon find itself struggling to cope with the great amount of soldiers affected by this mental disorder that came to be known as combat exhaustion. ... The determining factors for this condition were a lack of adequate training or war experience, a soldier's psychological stability and fear of combat, fatigue, hunger, and extended time in combat. ... Mental stress that impacted a soldier's psychological stability was another factor setting American soldiers up for combat exhaustion. ...

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The psychological consequences for these children, especially throughout various parts of Africa have been significantly negative. ... It has been documented that due to the war many of these child soldiers suffered from most traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ...

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When direct American troop involvement in Vietnam turned into a hard cold reality, our military planners looked to prior war experiences to help alleviate the problem of psychological disorder in combat. ... The DEROS system was introduced to help the soldier out by minimizing mental and psychological damages caused by war. ... For those who may have been struggling with a psychological breakdown due to the stresses of combat, the DEROS fantasy served as a major prophylactic to actual overt symptoms of acute combat reaction. ...

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Art is a medium that allows people to express their thoughts and feelings on various world issues affecting citizens today through the use of descriptive paintings and drawings. Currently, more and more teenagers are being exposed to and experiencing the negative aspects of the modern world such as ...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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