- Shell shock, the iconic illness of the First World War, has found an enduring place in British culture. The most dramatic representation of shell shock comes from the film 'War Neuroses' made by Arthur Hurst in 1917-18 [Psychologist, 2015].
- Entertainment is a morale sustaining factor [Report for the British Forces Foundation, 2012].
- The two World Wars played an important part in establishing the validity of psychological injury and we may now be seeing the recognition of moral wounds in the context of the recent campaigns in Afghanistan and the Middle East [Lancet, 2018].
- World War One taught the principle combatant nations about psychological casualties. In an extended war of attrition, they were numerous and of too great a military consequence to be ignored [Military Behavioral Health, 2018].
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