Last Updated on August 3, 2023 by
Alternative to Meds Editorial Team
Medically Reviewed by Dr Michael Loes MD
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The history of PTSD treatment has ranged from lobotomies to drugs to ECT. The last few centuries have seen many ways to diagnose and treat mental health.
Research and integrative medicine have achieved great progress in finding new ways to combat this disorder as people are becoming aware of the true nature of this complex diagnosis.
To understand how to effectively treat post-traumatic disorder, let us understand the origins of the PTSD diagnosis.
Origins of PTSD
Over the last 200 years, the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) were known by many different names. The symptoms, now referred to as PTSD, were diagnosed throughout American and world history using terms like:
- Shell Shock” after all the bombing in WWI 4
- “Gross Stress Reaction” (see DSM 1, 1952 version)
- “Adjustment Reaction to Adult Life” or “Adjustment Disorder“
While the terms may have changed, the symptoms have not. To investigate this condition and its symptoms, let’s journey through history.
The acronym for “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” is a diagnosis used to describe a certain set of symptoms that linger in the present after experiencing a trauma in the past. Anything from lingering dread after a car accident to residual fear post witnessing a horrific event may lead to a diagnosis of the condition.
Education about nutrition, and how the body works helps patients understand how best to achieve and maintain optimal natural mental health. Individual counseling and therapy are important aspects as well, but without helping the whole body’s ecosystem, including the brain and central nervous system recover, long-term healing may be hard to achieve.
