Shell Shock to PTSD Military Psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War

The application of psychiatry to war and terrorism is highly topical and a source of intense media interest. Shell Shock to PTSD explores the central issues involved in maintaining the mental health of the armed forces and treating those who succumb to the intense stress of combat. Drawing on histor...

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Main Authors Jones, Edgar, Wessely, Simon
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Psychology Press 2005
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesMaudsley Series
Subjects
History
Military & Naval History
Military psychiatry
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Adults
Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology - Adult
Lunatic Hospital
Psychiatric Battle Casualties
War Neuroses
Shell Shock
Effort Syndrome
Army Psychiatry
UK Troop
Somatic Cluster
Irritable Heart
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Functional Somatic Disorders
World War
Gulf War Syndrome
Psychiatric Casualties
Soldier’s Heart
Combat Stress Reaction
UK Armed Force
Dah
War Pensions
Battle Exhaustion
Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives
Forward Psychiatry
Disordered Action
RAMC Officer
Military Psychiatry
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Table of Contents:
  • BookCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations used in text -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE Pre-1914 British military psychiatry* -- CHAPTER TWO Shell shock and the war neuroses -- CHAPTER THREE Military psychiatry in the interwar period -- CHAPTER FOUR Treatment and outcomes during World War Two -- CHAPTER FIVE Screening and selection* -- CHAPTER SIX Post-1945: Korea, Vietnam, and the Falklands -- CHAPTER SEVEN War pensions and veterans' pressure groups* -- CHAPTER EIGHT PTSD: Incidence and treatment in the military -- CHAPTER NINE War syndromes* -- CHAPTER TEN Conclusions -- Glossary of diagnostic and other related terms -- References -- Index