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Two major controversies have marked the readjustment of Vietnam veterans to civilian life. The first surrounds the introduction of the diagnosis, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, into the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The second concerns the debate over harmful effects on veterans of an herbicide widely used by the U.S. military in Vietnam, Agent Orange. Following a constructivist approach to social problems and disease, this article describes the politics of the two controversies and provides a preliminary "theory" for making sense of veterans' issues. ; Yes ; https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelines

Two major controversies have marked the readjustment of Vietnam veterans to civilian life. The first surrounds the introduction of the diagnosis, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, into the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The second concerns the debate over harmful effects on veterans of an herbicide widely used by the U.S. military in Vietnam, Agent Orange. Following a constructivist approach to social problems and disease, this article describes the politics of the two controversies and provides a preliminary "theory" for making sense of veterans' issues.

The readjustment of Vietnam war veterans to civilian life has been marked by two major controversies, concerning: (1) introduction of the diagnosis posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) into the American Psychiatric Assoc's Diagnostic & Statistical Manual; & (2) the debate over harmful effects on veterans of Aagent Orange, the defoliant widely used by the US military in Vietnam. Adopting a constructivist approach to social problems & disease, the politics of the two controversies are described, & a preliminary "theory" for making sense of veterans' issues is outlined. Adapted from the source document.