King's Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine , King's College London , London , UK.
J Ment Health. 2013 Oct;22(5):397-401. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2013.819422.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was formally recognised as a psychiatric disorder in 1980, largely in response to America's attempts to make sense of the costs of the Vietnam war [Wessely, S., & Jones, E. (2004). Psychiatry and the 'lessons of Vietnam': What were they, and are they still relevant? War & Society, 22(1), 89-103.]. Interestingly, all of this occurred without much contribution from epidemiology, which came later (Wessely & Jones, 2004). This cannot be said of the current conflicts, where from the outset there has been a focus of attention on the epidemiology of PTSD in those who served in either Iraq or Afghanistan, even whilst the conflicts were ongoing. In this editorial, we focus on this recent epidemiological contribution to the understanding of PTSD in military personnel.
创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）于 1980 年被正式确认为一种精神障碍，这主要是为了回应美国试图理解越南战争代价的努力[Wessely，S.和 Jones，E.（2004）。精神病学与“越南的教训”：它们是什么，它们现在仍然相关吗？战争与社会，22（1），89-103。]。有趣的是，这一切都没有得到后来才出现的流行病学的太多贡献（Wessely 和 Jones，2004）。目前的冲突情况并非如此，从一开始，人们就关注在伊拉克或阿富汗服役的人患 PTSD 的流行病学，即使冲突仍在继续。在这篇社论中，我们专注于最近对军事人员 PTSD 的理解的流行病学贡献。
