Treating the Trauma of the Great War: Soldiers, Civilians, and Psychiatry in France, 1914-1940 Contributor(s): Thomas, Gregory M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807134368 ISBN-13: 9780807134368 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Psychiatry - General - History | Europe - France - Self-help | Mood Disorders - Depression |
Dewey: 362.25 |
LCCN: 2009002513 |
Series: Southern Literary Studies |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.32" W x 9.31" (1.24 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From the outset of World War I, French doctors faced an apparent epidemic of puzzling neurological and psychiatric illnesses among soldiers. As they attempted to understand the causes of these illnesses, doctors organized specialized centers near the front, where they submitted soldiers to swift, humiliating treatments and then returned them to duty. At home, they interned the scores of civilians who succumbed to the war's strains in decrepit asylums or left them to fend for themselves. In Treating the Trauma of the Great War, Gregory M. Thomas explores the psychological effects of the war on French citizens, showing how doctors' understanding of mental illness produced deep, tangible effects in the lives of the men and women who suffered. |