The invisible injured : psychological trauma in the Canadian military from the First World War to Afghanistan /

The invisible injured : psychological trauma in the Canadian military from the First World War to Afghanistan / Adam Montgomery.

"Canadian soldiers returning home have always been changed by war and peacekeeping, frequently in harmful but unseen ways. The Invisible Injured explores the Canadian military's continuous battle with psychological trauma from 1914 to 2014 to show that while public understanding and sympat...

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Main Author: Montgomery, Adam, 1982- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
Series:McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 46.
Subjects:
Canada. > Canadian Armed Forces > History.
Canada. > Canadian Armed Forces.
Veterans > Mental health > Canada > History.
Soldiers > Mental health > Canada > History.
Psychic trauma > Canada > History.
Psychic trauma > Treatment > Canada > History.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > history.
Veterans > history.
Veterans Health > history.
History, 20th Century.
History, 21st Century.
Psychic trauma.
Psychic trauma > Treatment.
Soldiers > Mental health.
Veterans > Mental health.
Canada.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • A shocking introduction to trauma
  • Battle exhaustion and medical movements
  • Vietnam, trauma, and recognition
  • Peacekeeping, politics, and perceptions
  • Breaking down the wall
  • Millennium approaches : new reforms and old challenges.

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