PTSS almost seems like a culture-bound syndrome of the modern West.
There are significant confounders here, as modern science-based psychology got started around the same time—and WWI really was very different from earlier conflicts, not least in its sheer scale. But the idea is nonetheless intriguing; the West really is quite different from traditional societies, along lines that could plausibly make folks more vulnerable to traumatic shock.
There are significant confounders here, as modern science-based psychology got started around the same time—and WWI really was very different from earlier conflicts, not least in its sheer scale. But the idea is nonetheless intriguing; the West really is quite different from traditional societies, along lines that could plausibly make folks more vulnerable to traumatic shock.