ptsd Changing "disorder" To "injury"

[Papa]

I just read an article were they are discussing changing the word "disorder" to "injury". Can some one please explain to me where PTSD is an injury? I have fallen on my head several times, and would consider those to be injuries. Just lost on who sets around and thinks of these things.

Papa

[john999]

I suppose you could think of PTSD as a mental injury caused by some horrific event that disorders the emotions and mind for a time or even for ever. The same as if you were shot through the leg and recovered some of your use or maybe not. I received some shocks in Vietnam that were sudden and would not have happened if I had not been there. I recovered from the worst affects but it took years. It was not like being nervous or depressed. It was like having the living crap scared out of you to the extent you never feel safe again.

[Philip Rogers]

I think they are thought up by lonely Doxie owners. jmo ;-)

pr

[Papa]

I think they are thought up by lonely Doxie owners. jmo ;-)

pr

Thanks Phil, you made me smile.

Papa

[carlie]

I just read an article were they are discussing changing the word "disorder" to "injury". Can some one please explain to me where PTSD is an injury? I have fallen on my head several times, and would consider those to be injuries. Just lost on who sets around and thinks of these things.

Papa

[Philip Rogers]

That's what I meant to do!!!

pr

Thanks Phil, you made me smile.

Papa

Thanks Phil, you made me smile.

Papa

[stever]

Key Psychiatric Doctor Rejects Name Change for PTSD

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/05/key-psychiatric-doctor-rejects-name-change-for-ptsd.html