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Wartorn 1861-2010, HBO Documentary Films in association with Attaboy Films ; directed by Jon Alpert and Ellen Goosenberg Kent ; produced by Jon Alpert, Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Matthew O'Neill ; co-producer, Lori Shinseki ; co-producer archival segments, Caroline Waterlow ; edited by Geof Bartz, Andrew Morreale and Jay Sterrenberg ; co-executive producer, Alexandra Ryan ; associate producers, Trixie Flynn and Thomas Richardson ; supervising producers, Sara Bernstein

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Rating : TV14

Wartorn 1861-2010

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HBO Documentary Films in association with Attaboy Films ; directed by Jon Alpert and Ellen Goosenberg Kent ; produced by Jon Alpert, Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Matthew O'Neill ; co-producer, Lori Shinseki ; co-producer archival segments, Caroline Waterlow ; edited by Geof Bartz, Andrew Morreale and Jay Sterrenberg ; co-executive producer, Alexandra Ryan ; associate producers, Trixie Flynn and Thomas Richardson ; supervising producers, Sara Bernstein

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Civil War doctors called it hysteria, melancholia and insanity. During the First World War, it was known as shell shock. By World War II, it became combat fatigue. Today, it is clinically known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a crippling anxiety that results from exposure to life-threatening situations such as combat .... this HBO Documentary Films presentation explores the lingering effects of combat stress and post-traumatic stress on military personnel and their families throughout recorded American military history

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War torn