combat stress
Wartime psychological strain
Combat stress is the psychological and physical strain experienced by military personnel during or after warfare.
It encompasses anxiety, hypervigilance, fatigue, and emotional disturbance caused by exposure to combat conditions.
The term often appears in military contexts as a clinical or administrative label: soldiers receiving treatment for combat stress.
Severe or prolonged cases may develop into post-traumatic stress disorder.
- hypervigilanceHeightened threat sensitivity
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- moral injuryPsychological wound from transgression
- survivor guiltDistress from enduring when others perished
war wounds · shell shock · fatigue · peer support · safety net · mindfulness · breathing exercises · reintegration · depression · emotional numbness · social withdrawal · intrusive thoughts · night terrors · PTSD · trauma · suicidal ideation · substance abuse · irritability
- military medicinefield hospitals, army surgeon, field hospital, corpsman, military surgeons
- Military Mental HealthPTSD, shell shock, war trauma, VA, VA hospitals
- Military Substance Abusesubstance abuse, alcohol abuse, drug testing, substance use disorder, addiction treatment
- VA HealthcareVA benefits, VA hospitals, veteran healthcare, veteran care, veteran benefits
- veteran rehabVA hospital, VA hospitals, veterans hospital, veterans affairs, veteran affairs
- war ailmentstrench foot, trench fever, shell shock, wound infection, trench mouth
combat stresspeace of mind
State without anxiety
psychological resilience · mental wellness · inner peace · post-traumatic growth · emotional stability
combat stresscombat injuries
Harm from warfare
bodily harm · shrapnel wounds · gunshot wounds · traumatic brain injury