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SUMMARY
After a short reference to Iran-Iraq war as a motivating factor for the present study, the issues of battle stress and psychological wounds of war ar discuused. Reactions of the world armies 10 psychological breakdown of soldiers, military psychotherapy, therapy in combat zone and its developmental process through Civil war, Crimean war, first and Second world wars, Korean and Vietnam wars arc reviewed. The final issue discussed is posttraumatic stress disorder" (PTSD), its symptoms and diagnostic methods, as well as some therapeutic interventions.