shell shock

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Shell Shock: The Psychological Trauma of War

Wendy Holden talks about another of her books, Shell Shock, an exhaustive historical record drawn from the WWI case histories and painful testimony of numerous veterans and their doctors. Individuals tell of events that pushed them to the brink of human endurance. Shell Shock also relates the history of military psychiatry and the dilemma of those entrusted to balance the demands to ‘cure’ soldiers and return them to battle with the needs of the soldiers themselves, who were struggling to understand their condition. This book is now available as an ebook across all formats.

Wendy Holden's Podcast

en-usNovember 12, 2019

Shell Shock

Very early in World War I, the public was made aware of a condition known as shell shock that was affecting a significant number of soldiers. From 1915-1918, the diagnosis of shell shock evolved, as medical professionals attempted to determine if the condition was physical, psychological, or moral (i.e. cowardice). In this interview, Dr. Marble Sanders, Senior Historian of the U.S. Army Medical Department Office of Medical History, discusses shell shock and how doctors tried to diagnose, treat, and even prevent shell shock during World War I.

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