1st Edition
Psychiatry in the British Army in the Second World War
By Robert H. Ahrenfeldt
Copyright 1958
330 Pages
by
Routledge
330 Pages
by
Routledge
330 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1958, this account of the work of psychiatrists in the British Army during the Second World War is based on the study of all available documents, published and unpublished, as well as on the author’s first-hand experience of the clinical and administrative aspects of Army psychiatry. It deals not only with the wartime problems presented by the high incidence of mental... Read more
Foreword by Dr J.R. Rees. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Personnel Selection 3. Officer Selection 4. Mental Defect and Dullness 5. Disciplinary Problems 6. Treatment and Disposal of Psychiatric Cases 7. Forward Psychiatry 8. Problems of Training and Morale 9. Rehabilitation and Civil Resettlement of Repatriated Prisoners of War 10. Conclusion. Appendices. List of Abbreviations. General Bibliography. Supplementary (Technical) Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Robert H. Ahrenfeldt
