1. One interesting take-away from this Junger piece on PTSD is role of social factors (homefront support, cohesion): http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/05/ptsd-war-home-sebastian-junger …
2. On this point Junger is echoing something emphasized by the founders of the concept of Post-Vietnam Syndrome (which became PTSD)
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3. Lifton & Shatan in their pioneering work emphasized social alienation of soldiers & way they were scapegoated for crimes of superiors.
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@HeerJeet Vietnam vets came back home & went back to school & drank & smoked pot & never talked about it-& the rest of us never had a clue.
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