War Psychiatry

Fiona Reid

doi:10.15463/ie1418.10288

War Psychiatry

Fiona Reid

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Abstract

During the First World War soldiers from all combatant nations suffered from a wide range of debilitating nervous complaints as a result of the stresses and strains of modern warfare. War psychiatrists struggled to manage these complaints and shell-shocked men struggled to ensure that they had decent treatment and proper pensions. In each country the politics of shell shock differed but, regardless of context, men protested against unjust or inadequate treatment throughout Europe and the history of shell shock is part of a wider history of trauma and also a history of popular protest.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	1914-1918-online
Subtitle of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.10288
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2014

Keywords

Shell Shock
War neurosis
Medicine
Psychiatry
Doctors
Mental trauma

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War Psychiatry

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