WWII PTSD Film Psychiatric Procedures In the Combat Area November 27, 2018 Nicola WW2 Documentaries </p> <h2>WWII PTSD Film Psychiatric Procedures In the Combat Area</h2> <p> U.S. Army Film Bulletin FB #184 Psychiatric Procedures In The Combat Area. Disturbing WWII PTSD film. Graphic.</p> <p>Description from National Archives: “Reel 1 stresses the emotional strain of combat, showing battle scenes. Psychoneurotics await evacuation; a psychiatrist interviews a soldier; and men exercise at a rehabilitation center.</p> <p>Reel 2, combat fatigue cases are reconditioned by battle training. A psychiatrist interviews a Corporal suffering from reactive depression. A chronic anxiety case is interviewed and then sent to a clearing station. Men await further psychiatric interviews.</p> <p>Reel 3, the corporal is re-interviewed; he shows improvement and is encouraged. Men engage in sports and listen to records at the center.</p> <p>Reel 4, an injection trances a hysterical amnesia patient. A doctor recreates the battle situation that caused the amnesia. The patient answers incoherently but begins to remember the repressed events.</p> <p>Reel 5, on awaking, the patient is led to repeat his recollections. Another hysteria patient tries to talk but cannot. A disturbed pseudopsychotic, imagining himself on the battlefield, grovels on the floor to protect himself from shells. Recovered patients assemble at a neural-psychiatric clearing station.”</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here :
