Post-Vietnam Stress Disorder: A Metaphor for Current and Past Life Events

Daniel G. Amen, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 39, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1985.39.4.580

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Delayed posttraumatic stress reactions are often triggered by events that echo the original trauma. It is not uncommon, however, for these delayed reactions to represent a metaphor for other current or past life events. A case is presented that illustrates the diagnostic and therapeutic significance of understanding these reactions as a metaphor.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 39 • Number 4 • 1985, pp. 451–609

Pages: 580 - 586

PubMed: 4083375

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Published in print: 1985, pp. 451–609

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Daniel G. Amen, M.D.^†

Honolulu, Hawaii

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Notes

This paper was the first-prize winner of the 1984 Baltimore-District of Columbia Institute for Psychoanalysis essay contest on “Psychodynamic Principles in the Treatment of Medical or Psychiatric Patients.”

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Work done as Psychiatrist in Residence, Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307. Mailing address: Department of Child Psychiatry, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96859.

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Post-Vietnam Stress Disorder: A Metaphor for Current and Past Life Events

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