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A weary road : shell shock in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 / Mark Osborne Humphries.
LIBRA RC550 .H86 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humphries, Mark Osborne, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force.
- Canada.
- War neuroses--Diagnosis--Canada--History--20th century.
- War neuroses.
- War neuroses--Treatment--Canada--History--20th century.
- World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Canada.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Medical care.
- War neuroses--Treatment.
- History.
- Diagnosis.
- Combat Disorders--diagnosis.
- Combat Disorders--therapy.
- World War I.
- Medical Subjects:
- Combat Disorders--diagnosis.
- Combat Disorders--therapy.
- World War I.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 461 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- More than 16,000 Canadian soldiers suffered from shell shock during the Great War of 1914 to 1918. Despite significant interest from historians, we still know relatively little about how it was experienced, diagnosed, treated, and managed in the frontline trenches in the Canadian and British forces. How did soldiers relate to suffering comrades? Did large numbers of shell shock cases affect the outcome of important battles? Was frontline psychiatric treatment as effective as many experts claimed after the war? Were Canadians treated any differently than other Commonwealth soldiers? A Weary Road is the first comprehensive study to address these important questions. Author Mark Osborne Humphries uses research from Canadian, British and Australian archives, including hundreds of newly available hospital records and patient medical files, to provide a history of war trauma as it was experienced, treated and managed by ordinary soldiers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1442644710
- 9781442644717
- OCLC:
- 1005864524
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