Shell Shocked Britain: The First World War's Legacy for Britain's Mental Health - Couverture rigide

Grogan, Suzie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1781592659 ISBN 13 : 9781781592656

Editeur : Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Around
80,000 men were diagnosed with shell shock in the First World War, but this is
a gross underestimate. Thousands more men, women and children were affected by the psychological trauma of war and its aftermath. How did those four years of
conflict affect the way we view the mental health of those devastated by their
experience of war, whether directly or indirectly?

Suzie Grogan
uses new material to chart the many tragedies with their roots in the 1914-1918
conflict, examining the direct effects of shell shock on the troops and their
families. She describes the different medical approaches to cure shell shock,
including electric shock treatment, hypnotism and the talking therapies, as
well as miracle cures, and assesses the legacy of the 1922 Committee Report on
Shell Shock that was supposed to change the way men were treated in future
conflicts.

Shell
Shocked Britain also examines the psychological impact of devastating air raids
that brought the war, literally, into the domestic lives of the Home Front, and
the Spanish influenza epidemic that killed thousands whilst war still raged.
How did post-war British society cope? Why did spiritualism and the Spiritualist
Church appeal so strongly to the bereaved, with celebrity endorsements from
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sir Oliver Lodge?

Shell Shocked
Britain also looks at the legacy of shell shock for modern attitudes to mental
health issues and lessons for future conflicts.

Professor
Jay Winter describes Shell Shocked Britain:
The First World War s legacy for Britain s mental health as a book that brings
to life the normality of what were once seen as abnormal responses to the Great
War and Dr Peter Heinl calls it an important contribution to the study of the
Great War and its aftermath destined to become a classic of human history

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Suzie Grogan is a London-born professional writer and researcher in the fields of social and family history and mental health. Suzie's first book Dandelions and Bad Hair Days: Untangling lives affected by depression and anxiety was published in 2012 and she also writes for a wide variety of national magazines. Suzie also runs a popular blog, 'No wriggling out of writing', and presents a local radio show on literature, called 'Talking Books'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781592659
• ISBN 13: 9781781592656
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible