Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was added to the DSM inventory in 1980, largely in response to symptoms found among American veterans of the Vietnam conflict. PTSD has become rather a household term in the West but continues to be much debated in terms of how it describes non-Western patients and in terms of the diagnosis's implications. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 6 sources. Pages: 5 Bibliography: 6 source(s) listed Filename: 4125 Post-Traumatic Stress.doc Price: 44.75