Conflict between current knowledge about posttraumatic stress disorder and its original conceptual basis.

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Summary

The author explores the historical, political, and social forces that have played a major role in the acceptance of the idea of trauma as a cause of the specific symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and to discuss the impact that current research findings have had on some of the initial conceptualizations of the disorder.

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review
Published
1995-12-01
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Keywords

Layperson, Psychology, Psychosocial, Posttraumatic stress, Phenomenology (philosophy)

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