Title: Shell shock to PTSD : military psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War /
Authors: Jones, Edgar, 1953-; Wessely, Simon.
Publisher: Psychology Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Military psychiatry History.; Military psychiatry Great Britain History.; Psychiatrie militaire Histoire.; Psychiatrie militaire Grande-Bretagne Histoire.; Military Psychiatry history
Abstract: This title 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.
Contents: Pre-1914 British military psychiatry -- Shell shock and the war neuroses -- 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.