The W's Flashcards
When was war neurosis widely used?
during World War One.
In the general attempt to avoid medical terms such as shell shock or disordered action of the heart, war neurosis and battle neurosis continued to be employed throughout World War Two by the British army.
The term war neurosis continued to be widely employed in the United States during the 1950s and even sporadically after the Vietnam War (Balson and Dempster, 1980).
What did war neurosis actually mean?
It was designed as a generic term for all functional war syndromes, such as shell shock, neurasthenia, hysteria and soldier’s heart, and to convey the idea that these presentations were indistinguishable from neuroses observed by doctors in peacetime. Neurasthenia in a private soldier who had served in France was clinically the same as neurasthenia seen in a bank clerk or housewife. The implication was that all were without organic basis and the result of an internal psychological conflict.
Who favored the term war neurosis?
The term war neurosis with its overtones of Freudian psychoanalysis was favoured by psychiatrists, such as Kardiner and Grinker who had trained in dynamic psychotherapy.
What did Kardiner believe about war neurosis?
Kardiner believed that traumatic neuroses following war were no different from those arising in peacetime or as a result of natural catastrophes, and that they were all amenable, to a greater or lesser degree, to psychoanalytic treatment (Kardiner, 1941b).
