Abstract
Walther Riese (1890–1976)
Highlights
Owing to advances in the understanding of neurophysiological responses to high-stress situations, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become a topic of widespread attention in recent years
German neurologist and psychiatrist Walther Riese’s (1890–1976) efforts to assist the claims of veterans suffering from traumatic neurosis (Unfallneurose) following World War One suggest that the modern debate is not without antecedents (Fig. 1)
A colleague would note that he was adept in German, English, and French when he wrote on topics in the history of neurology and neuroethics, while his elaborate style resembled that of the seventeenthcentury philosophers he admired [6]
Summary
Owing to advances in the understanding of neurophysiological responses to high-stress situations, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become a topic of widespread attention in recent years. What appears as a contemporary phenomenon is the intensifying debate surrounding the socio-ethical ramifications of neurological and psychiatric assessments of PTSD within judicial proceedings related to financial compensation claims [4].
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