That's not entirely true. For thousands of years people have recognized the suffering of people post-conflict. There have been times—during World War I, for example—when people speculated that it might be a physical result of the shaken brain. I think people, especially in the health professions, have always recognized that people have suffered after wars. It's been called different things, but since 1980, which is the timeframe of most of our careers, the American Psychiatric Association coined “post-traumatic stress disorder” largely to explain the phenomenon of the group after.... Certainly my generation wouldn't be part of that.
On December 6th, 2012. See this statement in context.