PTSD in the Soviet Union

In this book, Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge points out that the Soviet Union, from its foundation with the 1917 October Revolution to its dissolution in 1991, faced internal and external socio-political calamities that generated immense stress among its population. But, he observes, little is known in the outside world about the psychological trauma experienced by the Soviet people. This is why his exploration of the grim history of post-traumatic stress disorder in the Soviet Union is an important contribution to scientific and medical knowledge and why his work also provides powerful support for recognizing the troubling reality of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Dr Gordon Atherley M.D., PhD   LLD, Honoris Causa, from Canada’s Simon Fraser University