PTSD: A Short History by Allan V. Horwitz

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/124352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: PTSD: A Short History Author: Allan V. Horwitz Narrator: Kyle Tait Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins Release date: 01-03-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 8 ratings Genres: History & Commentary Publisher's Summary: Post-traumatic stress disorder was recognized as a psychiatric disorder in the latter part of the 19th century. In PTSD, Allan V. Horwitz traces the fluctuations in definitions of and responses to traumatic psychic conditions. Arguing that PTSD, perhaps more than any other diagnostic category, is a lens for showing major historical changes in conceptions of mental illness, he surveys the conditions most likely to produce traumas, the results of those traumas, and how to evaluate the claims of trauma victims.