Besides
a physical impairment of the body originating from a physical injury to the
human brain, we have also become able to infer that it is also possible for a
mental impairment to originate from a mental trauma to the human brain. The
famous controversy between Sigmund Freud and Pierre Janet over the condition of
hysteria is an example of such a mental impairment.
Also, during World War I,
soldiers who were helplessly trapped in their trenches with artillery shells
bursting around them suffered the trauma which later came to be known as shell
shock. There is a theory that this condition occurred due to the fact that
their brains were subjected to some sort of psychological damage. Severe cases
of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been reported among soldiers who
were stationed in Vietnam and Iraq. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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