I believe Steven E Ambrose, author of Band of Brothers, said it best when he wrote “We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win the peace…” It is the same with soldiers around the world returning from war. Due to the problems they return with, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, they fail to re-assimilate into society and become social outcasts. We train these soldiers as if we were building robots in a factory and once they get approval, they are sent to fight overseas. But with the tragic things they witness during their fights there it causes them to come home defective and once that happens we abandon them rather than helping them as if we just throw them in the trash like robots. They fought for us, so why shouldn't we fight for them? My approach for this article is going to be a little unorthodox. I thought that instead of just focusing on PTSD in the modern era, it would be important to also include the historical aspects of PTSD, such as shell shock. What is shell shock? Is this the same as PTSD? Yes and no. The origins of the term Shell Shock are disputed, but the two different theories are that it was a term created in 1915 by Charles Myers to describe soldiers who suffered from shivering, crying, fear and also intrusions. memory constants. The other theory is that it was the soldiers themselves who fought in World War I who coined the term and when Dr. Myers was appointed to oversee the growing problem, he adopted the term. As it stands, the term is no longer used by psychiatrists today but is still used by the general public. It's like the old adage that "all bourbon is whiskey but not all whiskey is bourbon." Shell shock...... middle of paper ...... some states offer courts for veterans, this gave me hope because these are people who don't need prison, they need help. It seems that we are simply not willing to provide the help that we are able to provide. Works cited by Epstein, Jack and Johnny Miller. “American Wars and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” SF door. San Francisco Gate, June 22, 2005. Web. May 8, 2014. Friedman, Matthew, Dr. “Frontline “Soldier's Heart” and “Shell Shock:” Past Names for PTSD.” PBS. PBS and Web. May 8, 2014.Jones, Edgar, Dr. “Shell Shocked.” http://www.apa.org. American Psychological Association, June 2012. Web. May 7, 2014. Joseph, Stephen, Ph. D. “Is Shell Shock the Same Thing as PTSD?” » Psychology today: health, help, happiness + Find a therapist. What doesn't kill us, November 20, 2011. Web. May 4, 2014. “Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). » NIMH RSS. National Institute of Mental Health, nd Web. May 8 2014.