Shell shock to PTSD
Subtitle: military psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War
By: Edgar Jones and Simon Wessely.
Contributors: Wessely, Simon.
Series: Maudsley monographs,
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Military psychiatry -- History.; Military psychiatry -- Great Britain -- History.; Military Psychiatry -- history.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pre-1914 British military psychiatry; title: Shell shock and the war neurosescan expeditionary force; title: Military psychiatry in the interwar period; title: Treatment and outcomes during World War Two; title: Screening and selection; title: Post-1945 : Korea, Vietnam and the Falklands; title: War pensions and veterans' pressure groups; title: PTSD : incidence and treatment in the military; title: War syndromes.