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A Weary Road: Shell Shock in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 (2018)

Humphries, Mark Osborne (Author)

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication date: 2018
Language: English

ISBN: 9781442644717

Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 504

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Medicine and the military; medicine in war War neuroses Medicine Mental disorders and diseases World War I Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 20th century, early Canada

More than 16,000 Canadian soldiers suffered from shell shock during the Great War of 1914 to 1918. Despite significant interest from historians, we still know relatively little about how it was experienced, diagnosed, treated, and managed in the frontline trenches in the Canadian and British forces.How did soldiers relate to suffering comrades? Did large numbers of shell shock cases affect the outcome of important battles? Was frontline psychiatric treatment as effective as many experts claimed after the war? Were Canadians treated any differently than other Commonwealth soldiers? A Weary Road is the first comprehensive study to address these important questions. Author Mark Osborne Humphries uses research from Canadian, British, and Australian archives, including hundreds of newly available hospital records and patient medical files, to provide a history of war trauma as it was experienced, treated, and managed by ordinary soldiers.

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Review Peter Leese (2020) Review of "Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 166-168). unapi

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