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If posttraumatic stress disorder is so important, why was the diagnosis only added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in 1980?

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If posttraumatic stress disorder is so important, why was the diagnosis only added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in 1980?

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Although posttraumatic stress disorder was not formally recognized and codified as an illness as it is currently understood, there is overwhelming evidence that people suffered from what we would now call posttraumatic stress disorder throughout history.