Red Medicine cover image

Nadia Abu El-Haj: A Brief History of Militarism, Psychiatry and PTSD

Red Medicine

CHAPTER

What Is the Psychiatric Dimension of the Anti-War Movement?

The rise of this conversation about post-Vietnam syndrome is sort of late 60s, early 70s. Nixon administration saw it as part of the anti-war movement. It was not seen as something people suffer because it's a result of war. The state wants to extract value from countries, it wants to colonize,. So why is it key for them to de-plitize these categorizations? Why is it why does psychiatry become a point of conflict between the anti- War movement and the imperial estate?

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner