A war of nerves : soldiers and psychiatrists, 1914-1994 (Record no. 80081)
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| fixed length control field | 01717cam a2200193 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 0712667830 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 110106t2002 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0712667830 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780712667838 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Shephard, Ben |
| 245 #2 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A war of nerves : soldiers and psychiatrists, 1914-1994 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pimlico |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2002 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 487 p. ; 8 pages of b&w illustrations |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A War of Nerves is a history of military psychiatry in the twentieth century - an authoritative, accessible account drawing on a vast range of diaries, interviews, medical papers and official records. It reaches back to the moment when the technologies of modern warfare and the disciplines of mental medicine first confronted each other on the Western Front, and traces their uneasy relationship through the eras of 'shell-shock', combat fatigue and 'post-traumatic stress disorder'. At once absorbing historical narrative and intellectual detective story, it tells the full story of 'shell-shock'; explains the disastrous psychological aftermath of Vietnam; and shows how psychiatrists kept men fighting in Burma. But it also tries to answer recurring questions about the effects of war. Why do some men crack and others not? Are the limits of resistance determined by character, heredity, upbringing, ideology or simple biochemistry? It explores the ethical dilemmas of the military psychiatrist - the 'machine gun behind the front', as Freud called him. Finally, it looks at the modern culture of 'trauma' and compensation spawned by the Vietnam War. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | MILITARY MEDICINE, history |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 8012 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | MILITARY PSYCHIATRY |
| 9 (RLIN) | 17121 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Croydon Health Services Library | Croydon Health Services Library | Shelves | 20/12/2022 | WM 170 SHE | CR0000013166 | 20/12/2022 | 20/12/2022 | Book | National Library of Medicine | |||||
| Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Shelves | 06/01/2011 | WM 110 SHE | 15086 | 29/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Book |