Foreword by Sir Charles Huxtable KCB CBE, Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces, 1988-1990. In Great Britain today there are thousands of individuals who, having served their country, have been unable to return themselves to health in mind and body, and who require specialist help and care. This book tells the story of the horrors and fears veterans could not leave behind on the battlefield, and which continue to haunt them and disrupt their lives, and those close to them. It is an essential guide to a wide range of battle stress, war-experience and mental conditions. The case histories and types of patient will be of interest to the Caring Professions, the Social Services, the Armed Forces, and to all Families with members serving, or who have served, in the Armed Forces.
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Major (Retd) Roy Brook was a welfare officer with the Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society. His task was to visit and befriend ex-Service men and women from all three services and the Merchant Navy. Over a ten-year period, he made over 5000 visits to clients throughout the midlands and south of England and Wales.
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. The Stress of Combat. The Combat of Stress. Old bookstore stamp to inside cover. Very slight crease to corner front cover. The author's job was to locate and assess war veterans experiencing personal circumstances to make sure that they were receiving full entitlement to a War Disability Pension, and other benefits, and grants of money and proper care. This bok tells the story of the horrors and fears these veterans could not leave behind on the battlefield, and which continue to haunt them and disrup their lives, and those close to them. This book is an essential guide to a wide range of battle stress, war-experience and mental conditions. The case histories and types of patients will be of interest to the caring professions, the Social services, the Armed Forces, and to all Families with members serving, or who have served, in the Armed Forces. The book covers the First and Second World Wars, in all their theatres: Korea, Cyprus, Malaya and Aden; and more recently, Northern Ireland, the Falklands, teh Gulf and Bosnia. It includes important patient treatment, assessment and rehabilitation strategies, as well as discussing the formal and changing recognition of combat stress by the Armed Forces and the Government. 318 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.). N° de réf. du vendeur 099832
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