Shell shock to PTSD : military psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War /

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Provides a thought-provoking evaluation of the history and practice of military psychiatry, and places its findings in the context of advancing medical knowledge and the developing technology of warfare.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Edgar, 1953-
Other Authors: Wessely, Simon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY : Psychology Press, ©2005.
Series:Maudsley monographs ; no. 47.
Subjects:
Military psychiatry > History.
Military psychiatry > Great Britain > History.
Military Psychiatry > history
Psychiatrie militaire > Histoire.
Psychiatrie militaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Military psychiatry.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Pre-1914 British military psychiatry
  • Shell shock and the war neurosescan expeditionary force
  • Military psychiatry in the interwar period
  • Treatment and outcomes during World War Two
  • Screening and selection
  • Post-1945 : Korea, Vietnam and the Falklands
  • War pensions and veterans' pressure groups
  • PTSD : incidence and treatment in the military
  • War syndromes.

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