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

• Main Authors: Jones, Edgar, Wessely, Simon
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Psychology Press 2005; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Maudsley 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

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...