Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare ;
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1916: Differentiation, Opposition, and Displacement.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover ; Half-title; Series information ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction: ''Shell-Shock'' and Medical Culture in First World War Britain ; ''Shell-Shock'', War, and Social Change.
2 Languages of Diagnosis: Hysteria, Neurasthenia, and Changing Pre-War Psychological Medicine Hysteria and Neurasthenia in Pre-War Medical Discourse ; Hysteria, Neurasthenia, and Functional Disease ; The Symptom, the Illness, and the Patient.
Race, Nation, and Politics: Hysteria, Neurasthenia, and the Neurotic Temperament Conclusion ; 3 Body and Mind in ''Shell-Shock'': War and Change within Psychological Medicine ; Early Medical Responses to the Nervous and Mental Disorders of War, 1914-1916.
''Shell-Shock'', Trauma, and PTSD ''Shell-Shock'' and Medical Culture ; ''Shell-Shock'' and National Memories of the First World War ; 1 Frameworks of Understanding: Reconstructing the Human from Darwin to the First World War.
Understanding Mind, Nerves, and Brain in Pre-War Medical Culture Psychology, Psychiatry, and Medical Education ; The Evolutionary Model of Mind in Pre-War Psychological Medicine ; The Faculties of Mind: Thought, Emotion, and Will ; Mind and Its Disorders ; Conclusion.
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This book provides a thought-provoking exploration into the diagnosis of shell-shock and medical culture in First World War Britain.
Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain.
9781107128903
Military psychiatry-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
Social medicine-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
Soldiers-- Mental health-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
Veterans-- Mental health-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
War neuroses-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
War neuroses-- Treatment-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918-- Health aspects-- Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918-- Medical care-- Great Britain.