The second project is looking at the nature and interpretation of War Syndromes, from the Crimean Conflict to the Gulf War. Dr. Edgar Jones intends to continue working in the field of war syndromes and to look in more details at gas and other chemical exposures in the 1st and 2nd World Wars. He also intends to examine how treatments for so-called War Neuroses have changed, and to undertake a number of comparative studies relating to the German and French experiences, with those of the UK in terms of the War Neuroses. Dr. Maurice Lipsedge , is researching the life of Jonathan Martin, the York Minster arsonist, as this relates to the history of the interface between psychiatry and law, culpability, criminal responsibility and medical mitigation. Publications Members of the Section have published in their fields of interest.
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