Élodie Py-Leroy is the head of the psychiatry department at the Robert-Picqué army training hospital in Bordeaux. The syndrome has been known in armies since Antiquity, even if it was called something else.

The main thing is to be able to be treated early enough, and therefore not to hesitate to consult your doctor as soon as the first symptoms appear. There may be a progression towards a stable form, most often with persistence of sleep disorders and hypervigilance.