Article states the as many as 250,000 veterans of the Vietnam War suffer from symptoms of PTSD today. Many veterans did not get adequate help after they returned home in part due to the fact that PTSD was not even recognized as a mental disorder by the Department of Veterans Affairs until 1980. Another aggravating factor was that Vietnam veterans were often ridiculed upon arriving home, unlike previous wars. https://www.hillandponton.com/ptsd-and-vietnam-veterans/
