An Address on the Repression of War Experience.
David Baldwin's Trauma Information, Articles:
Rivers (1918)
An Address on the Repression of War Experience.
Originally published in the Lancet, 1918, 1, 173-177 (2 February 1918).
In this classic article, W. H. R. Rivers writes about suppression and dissociation of traumatic combat experiences by World War I veterans, and his clinical observations that avoidance of traumatic memories -- the recommended treatment of the time -- interfered with recovery from 'shell shock' or 'war neurosis'. This historical article is significant in the development of our scientific and clinical views about trauma responses and effective treatment. Dr. Rivers views on the effective treatment of what we now call PTSD were far ahead of his time, and issues addressed in this 1918 article remain controversial today. "
Rivers (1918)
An Address on the Repression of War Experience.
Originally published in the Lancet, 1918, 1, 173-177 (2 February 1918).
In this classic article, W. H. R. Rivers writes about suppression and dissociation of traumatic combat experiences by World War I veterans, and his clinical observations that avoidance of traumatic memories -- the recommended treatment of the time -- interfered with recovery from 'shell shock' or 'war neurosis'. This historical article is significant in the development of our scientific and clinical views about trauma responses and effective treatment. Dr. Rivers views on the effective treatment of what we now call PTSD were far ahead of his time, and issues addressed in this 1918 article remain controversial today. "
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