Dr. Frank Ochberg was among the scientists who came to define PTSD during its earlier years. He’s a clinical professor of psychiatry at Michigan State University and one of the nation’s leading authorities on the psychological effects of trauma.
Since it first emerged as a diagnosis in the wake of the Vietnam War, PTSD has entered the public consciousness. But Dr. Ochberg also says PTSD can be misunderstood and misinterpreted in the public context – and it even may be time for a name change.
So what is and isn’t PTSD? And where does the science, the public conversation and the public policy around PTSD need to go next?
