EPISODE · Nov 12, 2019 · 9 MIN
Shell Shock: The Psychological Trauma of War
from Wendy Holden's Podcast · host Wendy Holden
Wendy Holden talks about another of her books, Shell Shock, an exhaustive historical record drawn from the WWI case histories and painful testimony of numerous veterans and their doctors. Individuals tell of events that pushed them to the brink of human endurance. Shell Shock also relates the history of military psychiatry and the dilemma of those entrusted to balance the demands to ‘cure’ soldiers and return them to battle with the needs of the soldiers themselves, who were struggling to understand their condition. This book is now available as an ebook across all formats.I write books. Lots of books. I tell people's stories. And sometimes, I tell my own...www.wendyholden.com
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Wendy Holden talks about another of her books, Shell Shock, an exhaustive historical record drawn from the WWI case histories and painful testimony of numerous veterans and their doctors. Individuals tell of events that pushed them to the brink of human endurance. Shell Shock also relates the history of military psychiatry and the dilemma of those entrusted to balance the demands to ‘cure’ soldiers and return them to battle with the needs of the soldiers themselves, who were struggling to und...
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