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'This book is a comprehensive analysis of the history and development of military psychiatry... it provides a fascinating insight to the attempts made to manage and treat war personnel and veterans. It will be of interest to those interested in the classification and development of psychological disorders. The book would be a useful addition to any psychiatric library.' - Joseph Curran, Mental Health Practice, July 2005
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The application of psychiatry to war and terrorism is highly topical and a source of intense media interest. Shell Shock to PTSD explores the central issues involved in maintaining the mental health of the armed forces and treating those who succumb to the intense stress of combat.
Drawing on historical records, recent findings and interviews with veterans and psychiatrists, Edgar Jones and Simon Wessely present a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of military psychiatry. The psychological disorders suffered by servicemen and women from 1900 to the present are discussed and related to contemporary medical priorities and health concerns.
This book 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. It will be of interest to practicing military psychiatrists and those studying psychiatry, military history, war studies or medical history.
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Simon Wesseley is a junk scientist, 30 Nov 2009
By Justin Reilly, esq. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shell Shock to PTSD: Military Psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War (Maudsley Series) (Kindle Edition)
I wouldn't trust anything by Simon Wesseley; his anti-scientific biases are too profound. For example, he has done an incredible amount to retard science in ME (aka CFS).
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Strong resource, 11 April 2007
By Ilona Meagher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shell Shock to PTSD: Military Psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War (Maudsley Monographs) (Hardcover)
I bought this work, which provides an historical view of combat PTSD through the lens of the United Kingdom's experience and understanding, when I was doing research for my own book, Moving A Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops. Written in an extremely approachable style, yet heavily relying on clinical studies for its information, Shell Sock to PTSD is valuable read. A solid glossary of diagnostic terms rounds it out at the close.
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madness from war, 5 April 2008
By H. T. M. Bruin "Leo van Bergen" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shell Shock to PTSD: Military Psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War (Maudsley Monographs) (Hardcover)
Edgar Jones and Simon Wessely are amongst the finest historians of psychiatry and especially military psychiatry. Their book 'Shell shock to PTSD' proofs it. It gives a fine overview of war and madness and madness from war from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century and some good insight into the peculiarities of it. A definite 'must have' for everyone interested or involved in military psychiatry. Pity though it (as so often, especially in WW-I literature) concerns itself mostly with British doctors and soldiers.
dr Leo van Bergen
medical historian
VU-medical centre Amsterdam
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