Soldier's heart was a term during the U.S. Civil War era that described the mental / emotional changes of combatants resulting from the war's horrific conditions and violence. The term preceded "battle fatigue," "shell shock," "combat stress reaction" and "post traumatic stress disorder" // History The history of CSRs has shown a remarkable variation in the interest and knowledge of those whose tasks it has been to deal with them. ... Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is a term for the psychological consequences of exposure to or confrontation with stressful experiences, which involve actual or threatened death, serious physical injury or a threat to physical integrity and which the person found highly traumatic. ...

It is also the title of one of Gary Paulson's books.

External links

• PBS Frontline: The Soldier's Heart

It is also the title of one of Gary Paulsen's books.