A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Century

Shorter, Edward; Shephard, Ben

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“…There were soldiers who suffered from paralysis without physical wounds or, even more frightening, cases of complete mental breakdowns, where “shell‐shocked boys [were] weeping, moaning, and shaking with an ague” (qtd. in Shephard 41). Men were completely losing control of themselves.…”

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“…If all of those listed as “shell shock Sick,” but not completely incapacitated, were added to the list of sufferers, then that number must be tripled (qtd. in Shephard 41). The army's high command first imagined it was mass desertion, but as the epidemic crossed the sacred lines of officer and enlisted man, gentleman and laborer, it became clear that something utterly new and unfamiliar, at least on this scale, was emerging from the trenches.…”

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“…Men were completely losing control of themselves. Though a comprehensive total of shell shock victims is impossible, there were 16,000 reported cases in the last 6 months of 1916 (Shephard 41). If all of those listed as “shell shock Sick,” but not completely incapacitated, were added to the list of sufferers, then that number must be tripled (qtd.…”

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Hardboiled Hysterics: Shell Shock and Tough Guys inThe Maltese Falcon, 1929/1941

Jones¹

2022

The J of Popular Culture

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Jones¹

2022

The J of Popular Culture

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“…We look at illness-promoting psychological processes that emerge in the minds of children with FND and that function-in a top-down fashion-to activate and modulate the stress system, thereby contributing to the activation or maintenance of the illness process [23][24][25][26][27]. Because girls with FND present more frequently than boys in civilian settings [4,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35], throughout this article, when using pronouns, we generally use the pronoun she.…”

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“…maintenance of the illness process [23][24][25][26][27]. Because girls with FND present more frequently than boys in civilian settings [4,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35], throughout this article, when using pronouns, we generally use the pronoun she.…”

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Illness-Promoting Psychological Processes in Children and Adolescents with Functional Neurological Disorder

Kozlowska,

Schollar-Root,

Savage

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Previous studies suggest that subjective distress in children with functional neurological disorder (FND) is associated with stress-system dysregulation and modulates aberrant changes in neural networks. The current study documents illness-promoting psychological processes in 76 children with FND (60 girls and 16 boys, aged 10.00−17.08 years) admitted to the Mind–Body Program. The children completed a comprehensive family assessment and self-report measures, and they worked with the clinical team to identify psychological processes during their inpatient admission. A total of 47 healthy controls (35 girls and 12 boys, aged 8.58–17.92 years) also completed self-report measures, but were not assessed for illness-promoting psychological processes. Children with FND (vs. controls) reported higher levels of subjective distress (total DASS score, t(104.24) = 12.18; p ˂ 0.001) and more adverse childhood experiences across their lifespans (total ELSQ score, t(88.57) = 9.38; p ˂ 0.001). Illness-promoting psychological processes were identified in all children with FND. Most common were the following: chronic worries about schoolwork, friendships, or parental wellbeing (n = 64; 84.2%); attention to symptoms (n = 61; 80.3%); feeling sad (n = 58; 76.3%); experiencing a low sense of control (helplessness) in relation to symptoms (n = 44; 57.9%); pushing difficult thoughts out of mind (n = 44; 57.9%); self-critical rumination (n = 42; 55.3%); negative/catastrophic-symptom expectations (n = 40; 52.6%); avoidance of activities (n = 38; 50%); intrusive thoughts/feelings/memories associated with adverse events (n = 38, 50%); and pushing difficult feelings out of mind (n = 37; 48.7%). In children with FND—disabled enough to be admitted for inpatient treatment—illness-promoting psychological processes are part of the clinical presentation. They contribute to the child’s ongoing sense of subjective distress, and if not addressed can maintain the illness process. A range of clinical interventions used to address illness-promoting psychological processes are discussed, along with illustrative vignettes.

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Endocrine and gynecological morbidity in women with infertility and post-traumatic stress disorder

Karlova,

Blali

2023

UJHW

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Post-traumatic stress disorder is a complex of mental symptoms of an anxious, obsessive and avoidant nature that persist for more than 6 months after the impact of the traumatic factor. Purpose - to study the reproductive history of patients with infertility and post-traumatic stress disorder to improve preparation to additional reproductive technologies use. Materials and methods. The study analyzed the reproductive anamnesis, gynecological and endocrine morbidity of 67 patients with infertility, who were divided into 2 groups: the Group I - 36 women with impaired fertility before the action of a traumatic factor, the Group II - 31 women with infertility due to stress disorder The Comparison group consisted of 45 women with infertility without symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, the Control group - 30 healthy women. Results. The patients of the Group I had mostly primary infertility (80.5%), in the Group II, the vast majority of women had pregnancies and deliveries. 44.4% of women in the first group had a duration of infertility of 5 years or more, in the Group II 64.1% - up to 3 years. In the Group I, patients were characterized by late menarche (22.2%, in the Group II - 6.5%), uterine bleeding during adolescence (33.3%) and reproductive (27.8%) periods (in the Group II - 9.7% and 12,9%, respectively). Patients of the Group I more often had accompanying diabetes (33.3%; in the Group II - 16.2%), obesity (38.9%; in the Group II - 29.0%), hyperandrogenemia (27.8%; in the Group II - 16.2%). Every third patient with infertility and post-traumatic stress disorder had an increased concentration of prolactin. Conclusions. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a powerful factor of impaired fertility, because in the group of women with infertility registered after a traumatic factor, the previous history was uncomplicated (the vast majority of them had given birth - 77.5%), the frequency of endocrine disorders corresponds to the indicator of healthy women (carbohydrate metabolism disorders - 16.2% and 20.2%, respectively), obesity (29.0% and 23.3%, respectively), hyperandrogenemia (16.2% and 13.3%, respectively). Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, who had infertility before the impact of the traumatic factor, mostly had the primary form of fertility disorder (80.5%), late menarche (22.2%; in the Control group - 6.6%), juvenile (33.3%; in the Control group - 6.6%) and abnormal uterine bleeding in the reproductive period (27.8%; in the Control group - 10%). Endocrine disorders were also more common in this group - carbohydrate metabolism disorders (33.3%), obesity (38.9%), hyperandrogenemia (27.8%). The research was carried out in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. The study protocol was approved by the Local Ethics Committee of the participating institution. The informed consent of the patient was obtained for conducting the studies. No conflict of interests was declared by the authors.

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A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Century

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Hardboiled Hysterics: Shell Shock and Tough Guys inThe Maltese Falcon, 1929/1941

Hardboiled Hysterics: Shell Shock and Tough Guys inThe Maltese Falcon, 1929/1941

Illness-Promoting Psychological Processes in Children and Adolescents with Functional Neurological Disorder

Endocrine and gynecological morbidity in women with infertility and post-traumatic stress disorder

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