Some Lessons of Wartime Psychiatry. II
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Psychiatrists made a distinctive contribution to the work and life of the armed services in addition to the traditional role of treatment of mental illness by furthering a positive mental health policy, by selection, elimination of the unfit and by advice on leadership, on the handling of men and on morale. It was quickly realized that psychiatry would not do its duty by the service if it merely provided treatment for the mentally ill. Even if successful, soldiers so treated are of limited use subsequently and the time consumed in treatment is uneconomic.
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دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1946