<P> The term `` shell shock '' came into use to reflect an assumed link between the symptoms and the effects of explosions from artillery shells . The term was first published in 1915 in an article in The Lancet by Charles Myers . Some 60 -- 80 % of shell shock cases displayed acute neurasthenia , while 10 % displayed what would now be termed symptoms of conversion disorder , including mutism and fugue . </P>
<P> The term `` shell shock '' came into use to reflect an assumed link between the symptoms and the effects of explosions from artillery shells . The term was first published in 1915 in an article in The Lancet by Charles Myers . Some 60 -- 80 % of shell shock cases displayed acute neurasthenia , while 10 % displayed what would now be termed symptoms of conversion disorder , including mutism and fugue . </P>
when was the term shell shock first used
when was the term shell shock first used
1915
1915