Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: ENGL 2200: The First World War: Shell Shock and its Treatment

Shell Shock and its Treatment

BBC: Shell Shock during World War One
A brief but informative treatment of shell shock and its treatment.
The Care and Treatment of Mental Diseases and War Neuroses ("shell shock") in the British Army (1917)
A contemporary examination of what was then seen as a new phenomenon arising from the conditions of modern warfare.
The Open University: Understanding Shell Shock (Video)
A four-part series on defining shell shock, attitudes surrounding it, and its treatment.
Shell Shock
This four-part documentary explores the effects of shell shock upon British troops in WWI.
Shell Shock (Video Documentary)
This four-part documentary explores the effects of shell shock upon British troops in WWI.
Shell Shock and Other Neuropsychiatric Problems (1919)
Five hundred eighty-nine case histories compiled from the medical literature of the time.
‘Dottyville’—Craiglockhart War Hospital and Shell-shock Treatment in the First World War
This 2006 article by Thomas E.F. Webb was originally published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.