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What were some of the psychological affects on the American soldiers who served in Vietnam?

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The Vietnam conflict is conventionally regarded as a watershed in our understanding of the psychological effects of trauma. In particular, it led to the introduction of a new diagnosis in psychiatry, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and also to a new epidemic of disturbed, violent and neglected service personnel



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