War neuroses by John T. MacCurdy ; with a preface by W.H.R. Rivers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson), b. 1886.

Series:

Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926: British Law.

The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926: British Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuroses.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 132 p. )

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : The University Press, State Hospitals Press, 1918.

Summary:

"War neuroses may be defined as those functional nervous conditions arising in soldiers, which are immediately determined by the conditions of modern warfare, and have a symptomatology whose content is directly related to war. Naturally enough, in any large body of troops, neuroses (as well as psychoses) develop as they do in times of peace, and many of these are determined by factors which are essentially those of civilian life. In these latter the symptoms are the same as those occurring in peace times, and can therefore not be called war neuroses with any clinical accuracy. This group of functional nervous diseases presents no problems that are different from those which have been studied for many years, and they shall therefore receive no attention in the preliminary clinical report which follows. This book presents case studies and signs and symptoms of war neuroses"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library.

OCLC:

60733639