For many years the scientific interest in the consequences of traumatic stress has been small. One can even argue that massive denial has occurred regarding this issue. After various efforts to translate combat trauma into the clinical domain (e.g., shell shock, war memories, soldiers’ heart, combat fatigue, physioneurosis, etc.) not until 1980 in the DSM-III were the effects of stress legitimated (American Psychiatric Association, 1980). This form of the nosology became official only after considerable concern and suffering as a result of combat in Vietnam. Given our history with this disorder, maybe each generation has to rediscover post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) “for the first time” (Rozynko & Dondershine, 1991). That engagement and all its ramifications presented society and the scientific community with problems, confusion, and splintered solutions that are just now beginning to be better understood.