The researchers from the Grady Trauma Project highlight the tendency people have to focus on the combat side of PTSD : " less public awareness has focused on civilian PTSD , which results from trauma exposure that is not combat related ... " and " much of the research on civilian PTSD has focused on the sequelae of a single , disastrous event , such as the Oklahoma City bombing , September 11th attacks , and Hurricane Katrina " . Disparity in the focus of PTSD research affects the already popular perception of the exclusive interconnectedness of combat and PTSD . This is misleading when it comes to understanding the implications and extent of PTSD as a neurological disorder . Dating back to the definition of Gross stress reaction in the DSM-I , civilian experience of catastrophic or high stress events is included as a cause of PTSD in medical literature . The 2014 National Comorbidity Survey reports that " the traumas most commonly associated with PTSD are combat exposure and witnessing among men and rape and sexual molestation among women . " Because of the initial overt focus on PTSD as a combat related disorder when it was first fleshed out in the years following the war in Vietnam , in 1975 Ann Wolbert Burgess and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom defined Rape trauma syndrome , RTS , in order to draw attention to the striking similarities between the experiences of soldiers returning from war and of rape victims . This paved the way for a more comprehensive understanding of causes of PTSD
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
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