I found this on a site called Counter Punch.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or “Moral Injury”?
“Moral injury” is a relatively new term to refer to what veterans and others experience, especially those who saw combat or violence. Other words that have been used include hidden war wounds, shell shock, battle fatigue, and soldier’s heart.
The article started out with a question. "Is the worse to come?" and the answer is yes. We've had over 40 years of researching PTSD to know that. Vietnam veterans were part of a huge study in the early 70's and by the late 70's they knew for 10 years following the end of the Vietnam War, more would come. Later it was learned there would be more as veterans got older and retired. It happened. It will happen again and we are not ready for any of it.
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