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  Why Post-Traumatic Stress Isn’t a Disorder

  Posted on December 10, 2014 by admin in PTSD Blog.

  Recently, retired Army General Peter Chiarelli endorsed the idea that post-traumatic stress disorder should be renamed post-traumatic stress injury. According to a December 2012 article in Time, General Chiarelli believes the term injury more accurately represents what does and does not happen in the traumatized brain. His recommendation has sparked controversy, with some experts claiming that the […]

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