Psychiatrists In Combat

Author : Elspeth Cameron Ritchie,Christopher H. Warner,Robert N. McLay
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319441184

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Psychiatrists in Combat by Elspeth Cameron Ritchie,Christopher H. Warner,Robert N. McLay Pdf

This book tells the professional and personal experiences of American military psychiatrists and their colleagues in the longest conflict in American history. These highly trained men and women treat service members for the psychological consequences from their experiences in battle, including killing enemy combatants; seeing wounded and killed civilian casualties; losing their friends in combat; factoring in personal mental health needs, including psychiatric drug treatment; and potentially dealing with their own physical injuries from being shot or blown up. The volume consists of 20 short first-person case studies from the mental health providers who have been risking their lives while treating patients in the battlefield since 9/11. Written by expert psychiatrists who have experienced these challenges directly, this texts offers both a clinical and personal account that is not found anywhere else. Topics include tips on providing psychotherapy in battle, evaluating and treating detainees in war prisons such as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, and the unique challenges of prescribing medication to patients who are also comrades in war. Psychiatrists in Combat is uniquely positioned to be a valuable resource for psychiatrists interested in trauma and veterans, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, military health personnel, and mental health professionals interested in military psychiatry.

Author : Ben Shephard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0674011198

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A War of Nerves by Ben Shephard Pdf

This is a history of military psychiatry in the twentieth century. Both absorbing historical narrative and intellectual detective story, it weaves literary, medical, and military lore to give us a fascinating history of war neuroses and their treatment, from the World Wars through Vietnam and up to the Gulf War.

Author : Franklin D. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Military psychiatry
ISBN : UOM:39015041915656

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War Psychiatry by Franklin D. Jones Pdf

This volume of the Textbook of Military Medicine addresses the delivery of mental health services during wartime. The foreseeable future of the U.S. military includes the potential for involvement in a variety of conflicts, ranging from peace-keeping missions to massive deployments of personnel and materiel and possible nuclear, biological, and chemical threats as was seen in the Persian Gulf War. The medical role in wartime is critical to success of the mission. For the mental health disciplines, this role encompasses identification and elimination of unfit personnel, improvement of marginal personnel to standards of acceptability, prevention of psychiatric casualties, and their treatment when prevention fails. All of these efforts must be guided by past experience and sound principles of human behavior.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Military psychiatry
ISBN : UOM:39015040629779

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Military Psychiatry by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edgar Jones,Simon Wessely
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135420574

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Shell Shock to PTSD by Edgar Jones,Simon Wessely Pdf

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.

Author : Frederick R. Hanson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Combat
ISBN : STANFORD:24504253446

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Combat Psychiatry by Frederick R. Hanson Pdf

Author : Terry Copp,Bill McAndrew
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1990-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773562592

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Battle Exhaustion by Terry Copp,Bill McAndrew Pdf

At the outset of the Second World War Canadians wanted to avoid the horrors encountered on the western front in 1914-18, one of the most significant of which was "shell shock." Most medical personnel preferred not to assign to combat those who showed neurotic symptoms during training, but this approach was challenged by the Canadian Psychological Association and by the new Personnel Selection Directorate established in 1941. Personnel Selection claimed to be able to distinguish, before training, between those suited and those unsuited to combat duty. However, when Canadian troops went into battle in Italy, the preparatory work seemed to have had little impact. Canadian losses due to "battle exhaustion" were no less than those of other allied forces. Front-line treatment allowed about half of these to return to their units, but eventually a very large number of soldiers were assigned to non-combat roles because it was judged they could no longer function effectively in battle. Similar problems were encountered in Normandy, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Copp and McAndrew are critical of military commanders who thought strict discipline coupled with high morale from good training and success in battle would keep battle exhaustion in check, and of officers in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps who tried to impose theoretical solutions that did not fit the circumstances. The authors show how some doctors, using energy and common sense, contributed to the evolution of contemporary psychiatric ideas about the realities of large-scale psychological casualties.

Author : Edgar Jones,Simon Wessely
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135420581

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Shell Shock to PTSD by Edgar Jones,Simon Wessely Pdf

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.

Author : Richard A. Gabriel
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015019574196

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Military Psychiatry by Richard A. Gabriel Pdf

The problem of battle stress has become a major factor in the question of military effectiveness. Current estimates suggest that modern armies are likely to lose between forty and fifty percent of their total strength as a result of psychiatric collapse. The first work of its kind ever published in the field of comparative military psychiatry, this book draws together a cross-cultural analysis of the discipline as practiced by the armies of the United States, Germany, Israel, and the Soviet Union.

Author : Rawlings Ress John
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1377069508

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The Shaping of Psychiatry by War by Rawlings Ress John Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Norman M. Camp
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951D03803390T

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US Army Psychiatry in the Vietnam War by Norman M. Camp Pdf

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT -- OVERSTOCK SALE - Significantly reduced list price This book tells the mostly forgotten story of the accelerating mental health problems that arose among the troops sent to fight in South Vietnam, especially the morale, discipline, and heroin crisis that ultimately characterized the second half of the war. This situation was unprecedented in U.S. military history and dangerous, and reflected the fact that during the war America underwent its most divisive period since the Civil War and, as a result, the war became bitterly controversial. The author is a career Army psychiatrist who led a psychiatric unit in Vietnam. In the years following his return, he was dismayed to discover that the Army had conducted no formal review of this alarming situation, including from the standpoint of military psychiatry, and had lost or destroyed all of the pertinent clinical records. In addition to permitting a study of the psychological wounds and their treatment in Vietnam, these records would have been priceless in the treatment of the legions of veterans who presented serious adjustment problems and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. As a consequence, Dr Camp has been relentless in combing the professional, civilian, and surviving military literature--including unpublished documents--to construct a compelling narrative documenting the successes and failures of Army psychiatry and the Army leadership in Vietnam in responding to these psychiatric and behavioral challenges. The result is a book that is both scholarly and intensely personal, includes vivid case material and anecdotes from colleagues who also served there, and is replete with illustrations and correspondence. It presents the story of Vietnam in a fresh manner--through the psychiatrist's eyes, and sensibilities.

Author : Gregory Belenky
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1987-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015019574295

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Contemporary Studies in Combat Psychiatry by Gregory Belenky Pdf

This unique volume draws together a variety of essays in the field of contemporary combat psychiatry. Contributions are included from specialists in Britain, Canada, Egypt, France, Israel, Nigeria, the United States, and West Germany. The authors represent a variety of disciplines--including psychiatry, psychology, neurobiology, history, and Soviet studies.

Author : Douglas Bey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Military psychiatry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114217024

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Wizard 6 by Douglas Bey Pdf

In 1969 six Psychiatrists Were Assigned to combat divisions in the field in Vietnam. Their assignment was to see soldiers when psychiatric symptoms occurred in order to treat the men and return as many as possible to battle. Douglas Bey, whose radio call name was Wizard 6, was one of them, serving with the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam during 1969 and 1970.

Author : William Claire Menninger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Mental illness
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035291421

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Psychiatry in a Troubled World by William Claire Menninger Pdf

Author : Franklin D. Jones
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0160591325

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Textbooks of Military Medicine, Pt. 1, Warfare, Weaponry, and the Casualty by Franklin D. Jones Pdf

Textbook of Military Medicine, Pt. 1, Warfare, Weaponry, and the Casualty. Specialty editors: Franklin D. Jones, et al. Addresses the multiple mental health service provided by the military during peacetime.>"