Psychiatry and World War I Shell Shock
2018-08-18T22:59:43-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/44a/20180818230149003_hd.jpgHistorian Rachel Levandoski gave an illustrated talk about psychiatry and World War I shell shock at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. A historian in the Secretary of Defense’s historical office, Ms. Levandoski detailed the nature of shell shock and the lessons learned, or not learned by military psychiatrists at the time.
Shell shock is a term coined during World War I to describe psychological trauma and symptoms associated with the relentless and sometimes days long artillery attacks soldiers were forced to endure in the trenches.
Shell shock is a term coined during World War I to describe psychological trauma and symptoms associated with the relentless and sometimes days long artillery attacks soldiers were forced to endure in the trenches.
Historian Rachel Levandoski gave an illustrated talk about psychiatry and World War I shell shock at the National Museum of Health and Medicine… read more
Historian Rachel Levandoski gave an illustrated talk about psychiatry and World War I shell shock at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. A historian in the Secretary of Defense’s historical office, Ms. Levandoski detailed the nature of shell shock and the lessons learned, or not learned by military psychiatrists at the time.
Shell shock is a term coined during World War I to describe psychological trauma and symptoms associated with the relentless and sometimes days long artillery attacks soldiers were forced to endure in the trenches. close
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